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2010 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Contact: Brian C. Lee

District Engineer Rainbow Municipal Water District

3707 Old Highway 395 Fallbrook, CA 92028

(760) 728-1178 June 28, 2011

Rainbow Municipal Water District 2010 Urban Water Management Plan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Code Requirements ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1.1 SB 610............................................................................................................................. 2

1.1.2 SB 221 .................................................................................................................................. 2

1.1.3 SB 7………………………………………………………………………………2

1.2 Agency Coordination ................................................................................................. 2

SECTION 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION & SUPPLIES ........................................... .3

2.1 Rainbow Municipal Water District ..................................................................... .3

2.2 Service Area......................................................................................................... .4

2.3 Population ………………………………………..…………………………………..5

2.4 Terrain & Climate ………………………………..…….……………….…………….5

2.5 Water Sources .............................................................................................................. 6

2.5.1. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ................................ 8 2.5.2. San Diego County Water Authority…………………………………………….10 2.5.3. Ground Water…………………………………………………………………..12

2.5.4. Recycled water…………………………………………………………………12 2.5.5. Desalinization……………………………………………………………………...12 2.5.6 Transfer & Exchange ………………………………………………………….13 2.5.7 Water Supply Projects ………………………………………………………...13

SECTION 3 SYSTEM DEMANDS …………………………………………………13

3.1 Senate Bill 7 …………………….………………………………………….…….14

3.2 Water Use by Customer Type………….…….………………………………...15

3.3 Lower Income Housing ……….………….……………………………………..16

SECTION 4 RELIABILITY OF WATER SUPPLY ..................................................17

4.1 Projected Normal Year Water Supply and Demand .............................................17

4.2 Projected Dry Year Water Supply and Demand......................................................18

4.3 Projected Multiple Dry Year Water Supply and Demand........................................18

4.4 Water Quality Impact on Reliability ……………………..……………………………18

4.5 Minimum Water Supply........................................................................................19

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SECTION 5 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN .................................19

5.1 Stages of Action ...................................................................................................... 19

5.2 Catastrophic Supply Interruption Plan ................................................................... 19

5.3 Prohibitions, Penalties and Consumption Reduction Methods............................. 20

5.4 Analysis of Revenue Impacts of Reduce Sale During Shortages ..........................20

SECTION 6 DEMAND MANAGEMENT MEASURES …………………..………….21

6.1 Water Survey Programs for Residential Customers…………………………..…....21

6.2 Residential Plumbing Retrofit……………………………………………………...…….....21

6.3 System Water Audits………………………………………………………………...…...…...21

6.4 Commodity rate Metering………………………………………………………..….…….....21

6.5 Large Landscape Conservation………………………………………………...………...21

6.6 High Efficiency Washing Machines……………………………………….…..…………22

6.7 Public Information Program………………………………………….……………22

6.8 School Education Programs………………………………………………..…….………..22

6.9 Conservation Programs for Commercial, Industrial and Institutional

Accounts………………………………………………………………………….…………….……...22

6.10 Conservation Pricing……………………………………………….……………….….…..22

6.11 Wholesale Agency Programs……………………………………….…………….…….22

6.12 Water Conservation Coordinator………………………………….……………….…..23

6.13 Water Waste Prohibition……………………………………………………….…….…...23

6.14 Residential Ultra-Low Flush Toilet Replacement Programs………….….……23

6.15 20 Gallon Challenge ……………………………………………………….…….23

6.16 Determination of DMM Implementation ………………………………….…….23

SECTION 7 ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UWMP………..………24

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A – California Urban Water Management Planning Act and Senate Bill 7

APPENDIX B – Agency Coordination Letter and Publication

APPENDIX C – Drought Ordinance No. 08-01

APPENDIX D – California Urban Water Conservation Council BMP Forms

APPENDIX E - RMWD Board of Directors Resolution No.11-13 and Board

Agenda


TABLES

Table 1 - Agency Coordination ....................................................................................3

Table 2 - Current and Projected Population .................................................................5

Table 3 - Area Climate .................................................................................................6

Table 4 - Current and Planned Water Supplies – AF/Y................................................8

Table 5 - District’s Demand Projections Provided by SDCWA...................................10

Table 6 – Historical Purchased Water from SDCWA ....................................... ...…..14

Table 7A – Estimated Base Period Total Potable Demands ……………………….….15

Table 7B - Target Daily Per Capita Water Use …………………………………….……15

Table 8 - Past, Current, and Project Water Deliveries................................................15

Table 9 – Low Income Water Demands .....................................................................17

Table 10 – Normal Year Water Demand ....................................................................17

Table 11 – Single Dry Year Water Demand ...............................................................18

Table 12 - Multiple dry year water demand ........................................................ 18

Table 13 – Minimum Water Supply ................................................................. 19

Table 14 - Potential Revenue Loss Due to Shortages ...............................................20

FIGURE

Figure 1 — Rainbow Municipal Water District Service Area........................................4

Figure 2 — Rainbow Municipal Water District Connection Points ...............................7

Figure 3 — Metropolitan Water Districts Limits............................................................9

Figure 4 – San Diego County Water Authority Limits and Member Agencies............11

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ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS

Act Urban Water Management Planning Act

AF/YR acre feet per year

BMPs best management practices

CEQA California Environmental Quality Act

CIMIS California Irrigation Management Information System

CUWCC California Urban Water Conservation Council

DMM demand management measures

ERP Emergency Response Plan

ESP Emergency Storage Plan

DWR Department of Water Resources

Eto evapotranspiration

FPUD Fallbrook Public Utility District

GPCD gallons per capita per day

IID Imperial Irrigation District

IAWP Interruptible Agricultural Water Program

LLC limited liability company

MOU memorandum of understanding

MWD Metropolitan Water District

Opt optional

RMWD Rainbow Municipal Water District

SANDAG San Diego Association of Governments

SAWR Special Agricultural Water Rate

SB Senate Bill

SDCWA San Diego County Water Authority

TDS total dissolved solids

UWMP Urban Water Management Plan

VIP Voucher Incentive Program

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SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION

The mission of the Rainbow Municipal Water District (RMWD) is to provide our customers safe and reliable water. Together with the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and Metropolitan Water District (MWD), RMWD works to provide a reliable supply to its customers through water management, conservation and future planning. In 1983, the Cal i fornia Legis lature passed the Cal i fornia Urban Water Management Planning Act (Act) as defined within the Water Code Sections (Codes) 10610 through 10656. Appendix A contains the text of the Act. The purpose of the act is to require and permit water suppliers to implement appropriate level of water management planning commensurate with the numbers of customers served and the volume of water supplied. The Act describes the required contents of an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) as well as how urban water suppliers should adopt and implement the UWMP. The plan assesses current demands and supplies over a 20-year planning horizon and addresses methods to ensure reliable and adequate water service to meet the needs of the various categories of customers during normal, dry, and multiple dry years. By submitting the UWMP, RMWD may be eligible for water management grants or loans administered by the Department of Water Resources (DWR), the State Water Resources Control Board, or the Delta Stewardship Council. This section describes the requirements of the Act and the coordination between water agencies, cities and counties that impact the preparation of the UWMP.

1.1 CODE REQUIREMENTS This report was prepared to satisfy the Water Code Section 10620 which states every urban water supplier shall prepare and adopt an UWMP and coordinate the preparation with other relevant agencies. Water Code Section 10617 defines an urban water supplier as any supplier that provides water to 3,000 or more customers, or that provides over 3,000 acre-feet of water annually. Furthermore the Codes require the UWMP to be updated at least once every 5 years on or before December 31, in years ending in five and zero. The last UWMP was done in 2005. This plan is an update to the 2005 UWMP. Due to recent changes in UWMP requirements described below, State law has extended the deadline for the 2010 plans to be adopted by July 1, 2011. In preparation of this plan, RMWD staff attended work group meetings hosted by DWR to review requirements of the act and utilized DWR’s Guidebook to Assist Urban Water Suppliers to Prepare a 2010 UWMP. In 2001 the state legislature passed Senate Bill (SB) 610 and SB 221 which require public agencies to verify the availability of water for certain large proposed developments. In 2009, The Water Conservation Act was signed into law as part of a comprehensive water legislation package to increase water use efficiency due to water constraints.

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1.1.1 SB 610 SB 610 requires projects that are subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and are supplied with water from a public water supplier to obtain a "water supply assessment" from the supplier indicating the availability of adequate water over a 20 year projection. Furthermore, it requires agencies that depend on ground water to include a copy of the Ground Water Management Plan to its UWMP.

1.1.2 SB 221 SB 221 prohibits the approval of subdivisions consisting of 500 or more dwelling units unless there is verification of adequate water availability over a 20-year projection. Projects with less than 500 dwelling units but adds 10 percent or more service connections to the existing public supply system is also subjected to this requirement. Though this bill does not modify the requirements of an UWMP, the supplier may include the proposed projects impact to the UWMP to satisfy SB 221.

1.1.3 SB 7 SB 7 sets a goal of achieving a 20 percent statewide reduction in urban per capita water use and directs urban retail water suppliers to set 2020 urban water use targets.

1.2 AGENCY COORDINATION Coordination with other agencies is essential to formulate a meaningful and consistent UWMP. The process provides an avenue for regional wholesale water suppliers, retail water suppliers, public and private agencies and general public to contribute to the preparation of the UWMP. During the process of preparing the 2010 UWMP update RMWD staff attended multiple work groups and online webinars in conjunction with other agencies, the SDCWA and MWD to discuss and exchange demand and supply information and review the requirements of the act. A letter was sent to relevant agencies informing them about the UWMP preparation and publication was made in the newspaper regarding the time and date of public hearing. Appendix B contains a sample of the letter and the publication. The general public was given an opportunity to contribute to the UWMP during RMWD’s Engineering Committee meeting and a public hearing was held on June 2011 and any comments were reviewed and incorporated in the UWMP accordingly.


Table 1 outlines the names of the agencies and groups contacted, and their general involvement in the preparation of this plan.

Table 1 - Agency Coordination Check at least one box per

row

Participated in UWMP

Development

Commented on the draft

Attended Public

Meetings

Contacted for

Assistance

Received copy of Draft

Sent Notice of Intention to adopt

SDCWA Yes - Yes - - County of San Diego

- - - Yes - Yes

City of Oceanside

- - - Yes - Yes

City of Vista

- - - Yes - Yes

General Public

- Yes Yes Yes Yes -

SECTION 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION & SUPPLIES

2.1 RAINBOW MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT The Rainbow Municipal Water District is a local governmental agency serving water and sanitation services to an unincorporated area of northern inland San Diego County in California. RMWD was formed in 1953 under the Municipal Water District Act of 1911 (Section 7100 et. seq. of the California Water Code). RMWD joined the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) the same year to acquire the right to purchase and distribute imported water throughout its service area. RMWD is a retail supplier that currently depends entirely upon imported water purchased through the SDCWA to service a small customer base within a very large agricultural water use area. As such, the content within this plan shall depend heavily upon the data provided by the SDCWA and MWD.

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2.2 SERVICE AREA CHARACTERISTICS RMWD serves the unincorporated communities of Rainbow, Bonsall, and a portion of Fallbrook and Vista covering approximately 51,200 acres. The northern part of RMWD is located north of San Luis Rey River straddling Interstate 15 (I-15) while the southern part is located west of I-15 straddling the San Luis Rey River as shown below.

Figure 1 — Rainbow Municipal Water District Service Area


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The service area of RMWD contains a large agricultural industry, including citrus, avocados, strawberries, tomatoes, corn, commercial nurseries, and livestock. As a result, the agricultural demand for water is about twice that of municipal and industrial water demand. However, RMWD is expected to see significant growth in its residential customer base.

RMWD currently has approximately 7,800 acres of irrigated agricultural land. Under the new Act suppliers that provide water to 10,000 irrigated acres or more must submit an Agricultural Water Management Plan similar to the UWMP to the DWR. Since RMWD serves less than the requirement and is forecasted to have an increase in residential and decrease in agricultural, RMWD will not be submitting an Agricultural Water Management Plan.

2.3 POPULATION The population within RMWD's boundaries in 2010 was approximately 19,495. Based on projections by the SDCWA the population will increase to 20,696 in 2020, and is projected to reach 24,904 by the year 2030, which is forecasted in Table 2.

Table 2 - Current and Projected Population

2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035/opt

Service Area Population 19,495 19,944 20,696 22,520 24,904 27,238

Projects forecasted by SDCWA &SANDAG

2.4 TERRAIN & CLIMATE The ter ra in wi th in RMWD is rugged and mounta inous, cons is t ing predominantly of developed groves, with some residential areas interspersed in the more accessible valleys. Much of the area still remains in its natural state of chaparral, oak, and coastal sage vegetation, characteristic of Mediterranean west coast c l imat ic reg ions . Tempera tures vary f rom a low mean dayt ime temperature of 69 degrees in the winter to a high mean daytime temperature of 86 degrees in the summer, which is shown in Table 3.


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Table 3: Area Climate Jan Feb Mar Apr May June

Standard Monthly Average Eto 2.81 2.76 3.78 5.31 6.1 6.97 Average Rainfall (inches) 2.8 2.55 2.43 1.05 0.23 0.13 Average Temp (Fahrenheit) 55.7 56.5 57.2 59.8 63 66.5

July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual

Standard Monthly Average Eto 7.08 6.83 5.67 4.15 3.31 2.56 57.33 Average Rainfall (inches) 0.04 0.08 0.28 0.54 1.46 1.69 13.28 Average Temp (Fahrenheit) 70.7 72.3 70.9 66.5 60.3 55.7 63.3

Note: Average rainfall and temperature data is for the Vista 1 NE station. Period of Record : 8/1/1957 to 3/31/2000

Average Monthly Eto data is for Escondido SPV Since Feb 1999 (CIMIS website)

2.5 WATER SOURCES RMWD is currently, a single sourced water retailer which depends upon imported water purchased from the SDCWA as one of 24 member agencies of the SDCWA. SDCWA purchases water from MWD and receives water from other sources. Member agency status entitles RMWD to directly purchase water for its needs from SDCWA on a wholesale basis. RMWD depends on SDCWA to ensure, to the best of its ability, that adequate amounts of water will be available to satisfy existing and future water requirements. RMWD receives SDCWA water through nine aqueduct connections. The locations of the connections are shown on Figure 2.


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Figure 2 — Rainbow Municipal Water District Connection Points


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Additional sources of water can be realized through conservation, reclamation, transfer of water and desalinization. Currently, RMWD’s effort is limited to the promotion of water conservation through efficient use while the SDCWA pursues other means to maximize available resources through diversifying water sources and minimize the need to import water. However, since the Act places the responsibility of promoting conservation efforts upon local retailers, it is important RMWD investigate other sources of water supplies. Each of the existing or potential water sources listed in Table 4 will be addressed in the following section.

Table 4 - Current and Planned Water Supplies (AF/Y)

Water Supply Source 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035/opt

Imperial Irrigation 70,000 10,000 190,000 20,000 20,000 20,000

Groundwater 21,377 22,170 26,970 26,970 26,970 26,970

Supplier Surface Diversion 27,336 59,327 59,327 59,327 59,327 59,327

Recycled Water 28,065 39,920 44,344 49,425 53,256 57,032

Desalination 0 0 56,000 56,000 56,000 56,000

Channel Lining 80,200 80,200 80,200 80,200 80,200 80,200

Total 226,978 211,617 456,841 291,922 295,753 299,529

Projections taken out of SDCWA 2010 UWMP

2.5.1 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

The MWD was created in 1928 following the passage of the Metropolitan Water District Act by the California Legislature to provide supplemental water for cities and communities on the south coastal plain of California. Since i ts formation, MWD has grown to include 26 member agencies (including the SDCWA), as shown on Figure 3, and currently covers an area which includes portions or all of Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties. As a water wholesaler providing waters from both the Colorado River and the State Water Project in Northern California, MWD supplies nearly 2 million acre-feet of water to the nearly 19 million people within its service area.


Figure 3 – Metropolitan Water Districts Limits

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2.5.2 San Diego County Water Authority

The SDCWA was organized June 9th, 1944, by the Cal i fornia State Legislature and operates under the County Water Authority Act for the purpose of importing Colorado River water into San Diego County. The SDCWA is a member agency of MWD and receives water through MWD aqueducts which terminate in North County San Diego. The imported water, now a combination of Colorado River Water and State Water Project water, is sold wholesale to 24 member agencies. The member agencies are autonomous and their city councils or boards of directors set their own local policies and water pricing structures. Each member agency may appoint at least one representative (based on assessed valuation) to the Board of Directors of the SDCWA. Figure 4 shows the extent of the boundary and lists the member agencies.

The SDCWA is the largest consumer of the 26 member agencies of MWD and currently purchases approximately 21% of the water delivered by MWD in 2010. The water is delivered into SDCWA pipelines from MWD facilities located just south of the San Diego - Riverside County line. The SDCWA allocation of the MWD water is approximately 17.47%. MWD's ability to provide reliable supplies, particularly in a dry year, is constrained by the preferential right of each of its member agencies. SDCWA draws nearly twice their allocated amount of water. In order to minimize the impact on supply in dry years and to generally reduce its sole dependency on MWD water, the SDCWA has taken steps to diversify available water sources. In April 1998, the Authority entered into an agreement with the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) for the transfer of 200,000 AF/Y of conserved water. The SDCWA received 70,000 AF of water from IID in 2010 and expect the supply to increase incrementally to 200,000 AF by the year 2025. RMWD's future water needs are determined by SDCWA water demand models based on SANDAG population projections and the SDCWA, in their 2010 UWMP, commits to provide the supplies listed in Table 5 to RMWD.

Table 5 - District's Demand Projections Provided by SDCWA

Wholesaler 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035

SDCWA 19,509 21,537 21,070 22,446 24,078 26,137

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Figure 4 — San Diego County Water Authority Limits and Member Agencies

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2.5.3 Ground Water RMWD currently does not utilize groundwater as a source of water supply. A groundwater study within the Rainbow Valley was done in May 2005 and was enclosed in the 2005 UWMP. The study determined that the potential exists within RMWD to utilize groundwater as a supplemental water supply. The infrastructure necessary, such as reverse osmosis treatment to bring down high total dissolved solids (TDS) levels will be determined with future research. At such time the economic viability of such infrastructure will also be investigated.

RMWD is also looking into buying water rights from the City Carlsbad from the San

Luis Rey River.

2.5.4 Recycled water RMWD currently does not generate nor distribute recycled water. All

wastewater collected within RMWD is conveyed to treatment plants within the

City of Oceanside. RMWD currently has a contract with the City of

Oceanside for 1.5 million gallons of sewage. Considering the abundance of

agricultural water users and several golf courses, RMWD has the demand available

for providing recycled water.

Acquiring water for distribution would require either construction of a wastewater treatment plant or negotiation with the City of Oceanside to purchase both the infrastructure and the recycled water for distribution. In addition, due to the dispersion of agricultural demands within RMWD, providing a separate and independent distribution system would require essentially a parallel system nearly the size of the entire existing water delivery system. The financial impacts of acquiring, installing and maintaining a paral leled recycled water system are not viable within RMWD’s economic plan at this time. However, RMWD shall investigate opportunities for wastewater treatment and distribution from developments and improvements to sewer facilities.

Section 5.4 of SDCWA's 2010 UWMP discusses the issues that must be addressed to implement a recycled water program including economic and financial considerations, regulatory, institutional, public acceptance, and water quality.

2.5.5 Desalination

Desalination is a process under which saline water is separated from salt water to potable water. A reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant which will be constructed in the City of Carlsbad is a fully permitted private desalination project owned by Poseidon Resources LLC. The desalination plant’s feasible output was determined to be 56,000 acre feet annually. RMWD considered an agreement with Poseidon to purchase water, however SDCWA will pursue an allocation. Due to the location of RMWD in respect to the plant, RMWD can not directly receive the desalinated seawater. Development of desalinated sea water, brackish ocean water and brackish ground water as a long term supply is not a viable option

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for RMWD. Any such developments are to be done by the SDCWA, or private developers. The SDCWA has the ability of supplementing their overall water supply with desalinized water. Per their Regional Water Facilities Master Plan the SDCWA concludes that i t should pursue seawater desalination "for a major portion of the (Water) Authority's supply portfolio". Sea water desalination is the preferred choice for a coastal regions since it can provide a source of water with abundant storage capacity, is not effected by hydrologic cycle, provides treated water and is becoming economically competitive to new imported water sources. The SDCWA has developed a seawater desalination program to evaluate seawater desalination possibilities for the County which is described in their 2010 updated UWMP. SDCWA is pursuing an agreement with the Carlsbad plant and two other regional seawater desalination projects.

2.5.6 Transfer and Exchange Transfers and exchanges are encouraged by the Act in order to improve the reliability and quality of the water supply. SDCWA has an agreement with IID to transfer 200,000 AF/Y of conserved water to San Diego region. RMWD has interconnections with the City of Oceanside and Fallbrook Public Utility District (FPUD) because of their close proximity. These interconnections are used for emergency supply. RMWD and FPUD have an emergency exchange agreement, which was enacted in 1986 to transfer water in an emergency event. 2.5.7 Water Supply Projects

In 2010, RMWD finished construction on two reservoir covers. The covers not only comply with California Department of Public Health (CDPH) regarding treated storage reservoirs, it also saves RMWD water losses due to evaporation. RMWD is currently under construction on another reservoir cover which will contribute to the savings with a total of 78 AF/Y.

SECTION 3 SYSTEM DEMANDS RMWD customer base falls under two categories domestic and agricultural. Due to the weather and terrain, RMWD is largely comprised of groves and nurseries, with residential areas interspersed in more accessible valleys. However, growth in its residential customer base is projected in the near future. Since the last UWMP update, RMWD has faced some demographic factors that have affected water demand. RMWD has had significant water reductions due to the recent drought. Customers have had to cut back on usage due to the Stage 2 Drought that was implemented by RMWD from May 2009 to February 2011. Drought Management Planning has been implemented across the region causing cutbacks and restrictions to both domestic and agricultural users. Another factor affecting RMWD is the current economic recession and the substantial cost increase of water rates.

Water rates have increased substantially compared to the past. From 1993 to 2007 water rates increased at or below the rate of inflation. From 2007 to 2010 most customers experienced more than a 60% increase in water rates. The cost of water obtained from MWD has increased and water sources depleting. An increase in water rates drive customers to conserve. Due to these factors RMWD will be investigating

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ways to keep costs down through researching other sources of water.

3.1 SENATE BILL 7 The law requires urban retail water suppliers to develop urban water use targets to help meet the 20 percent goal by 2020, and an interim water reduction target by 2015. To meet this requirement RMWD calculated its baseline water use and interim and urban water use targets to determine the regional demand reduction. Water use efficiency targets are calculated based on SB 7 Method 1 of the Mythologies for Calculating Baseline and Compliance Urban Per Capita Water Use. Historical water use data shown in Table 6 and SANDAG population projects were complied using a 10 year base period to determine the baseline daily per capita water use and then a goal of a 10% reduction and 20% reduction was determined for 2015 and 2020 respectively.

Table 6: Historical

Purchased Water from SDCWA

Year Estimated

Potable Water Use (AF)

1995 21,000 1996 24,686 1997 24,817 1998 19,107 1999 25,403 2000 29,929 2001 27,427 2002 31,702 2003 28,881 2004 33,477 2005 25,252 2006 30,459 2007 33,305 2008 27,045 2009 26,420

2010 18,322

The baseline daily per capita water use was determined to be 1,460 gallons for the 10 year base period from 1999 to 2008, which is shown in Table 7A. A 5 year base period from 1999 to 2003 was determined using the same mythology to confirm legislation’s minimum water use reduction requirements of at least 5 percent, which is 1,464 GPCD. Since 1,460 GPCD is less than 1,464 GPCD, RMWD meets the minimum reduction. The baseline daily per capita water use of 1,460 GPCD is higher than most water district’s due to the fact that RMWD water demand is mostly agriculture. Therefore, RWMD has high usage without the population to match. The urban use target in 2020 shall be 1,168 gallons per capita a day (GPCD) and the interim urban use target as 1,314 GPCD in 2015, which is shown in Table 7B.


Table 7A: Estimated Base Period Total Potable Demands and 20 x2020

GPCD Target – Method 1

Year

Estimated Potable Water

Use (AF) Population Annual GPCD 1999 25,403 15,882 1,428 2000 29,929 16,172 1,652 2001 27,427 17,681 1,385 2002 31,702 17,656 1,603 2003 28,881 17,733 1,454 2004 33,477 18,524 1,613 2005 25,252 18,736 1,203 2006 30,459 18,967 1,434 2007 33,305 19,054 1,560 2008 27,045 19,115 1,263

10-Year GPCD 1,460

Table 7B: Target Daily Per Capita Water Use – Method 1

Year GPCD Goal*

2015 1,314

2020 1,168

*2015 goal based on 10% reduction and 2020 goal based on 20% reduction

3.2 WATER USE BY CUSTOMER TYPE Agriculture has been the primary consumer of water within RMWD. In the year 2005 and 2010, 76% and 63% of water demand respectively was used for agriculture. The remaining supply was used for domestic purposes. As of 2010 the domestic consumption is approximately 37% of total demand. Table 8 shows the water use by customer type.

Table 8 - Past, Current, and Project Water Deliveries

Year Water Use

Sectors Residential

Residential &

Agricultural Agricultural Construction

Total

2005* # of accounts 4,655 1,558 632 37 6,882

Deliveries AF/Y 4,761 9,415 9,883 95 24,1542010* # of accounts 6,148 762 816 46 7,772

Deliveries AF/Y 6,263 4,898 6,956 41 18,1582015 # of accounts 6,874 2,637 N/A 9,511

Deliveries AF/Y 7,874 13,493 170 21,5372020 # of accounts 7,658 2,153 N/A 9,811

Deliveries AF/Y 8,773 12,158 139 21,0702025 # of accounts 8,982 1,209 N/A 10,190

Deliveries AF/Y 10,362 12,006 78 22,446

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2030 # of accounts 9,414 1,049 N/A 10,463

Deliveries AF/Y 12,144 11,866 68 24,0782035 # of accounts 10,252 1,002

Deliveries AF/Y 14,328 11,727 82 26,137* Based on data collected by the District Projected data is based on SDCWA 2010 UWMP

Agriculture demand has significantly dropped due to the drought conditions and supply restrictions from the State Water Project. In 2008, MWD implemented a 30 percent cut in water supplies from their fiscal year 2007 baseline demand to agricultural users in its service area who participated in a discount water management program called the Interruptible Agricultural Water Program (IAWP). Agricultural users under this program benefited during years of surplus water with discounted water rates, but are the first customers required to cut back and faced with fines if they went over their allocated amount for the year. Many agricultural users opted out of the program or the agricultural business altogether due to higher prices and cutbacks. To comply with the mandatory cutback, growers implemented various actions that included tree stumping and plant stock reduction. Water use projections prepared by SDCWA are based on the population growth data generated by SANDAG. Projections indicate a steady reduction of agricultural water use and steady increase in domestic water use. The reduction of agricultural demand over time is significant, and is likely due to the delicate balance of water prices to profit potential of agricultural lands. In the likely event that water prices will steadily increase over time, the profitability of agricultural businesses may decrease depending on markets rates, resulting in an overall decrease in agricultural water demand. In addition, many parcels currently zoned agriculture wil l be converted to low density residential over t ime, increasing the residential water demands of RMWD. Currently there are no existing sales of water to other agencies and there are no plans to sell water to other agencies in the foreseeable future. There are no additional water losses or usage for saline barriers, ground water recharging or water recycling. All the other losses are considered to be unaccounted for system losses. Currently RMWD does not have in place the necessary facilities or a program to determine the actual system losses, but estimates comparing ordered water versus reservoir level fluctuation put water losses on the order of 4% of total supply. Water loses will also be assessed in the updated water master plan. 3.3 LOWER INCOME HOUSING RMWD is comprised of unincorporated areas of North County San Diego, with low density and large acre residential parcels interspersed around hillsides. More accessible valleys of RMWD have higher density developments, but are limited. Lower income forecast was derived from the Water Authority Preliminary Member Agency 2035 Forecast. RMWD is predicted to have 141 lower income units. The projected water use for single-family and multifamily residential housing needed for lower income households within their service area is shown in Table 9.


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Table 9 - Low Income projected water demands (AF/Y) Low-income water demands 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035Single & Multi-family residential 126 126 126 126 126 *Based on 800 gal/unit

SECTION 4 RELIABILITY OF WATER SUPPLY The water supply reliability assessment is an integral requirement of the Act. As a retail supplier that depends on the wholesale supplier, RMWD depends on the related water supply data from the SDCWA's 2010 UWMP.

Water Code section 10635 require that every urban water supplier assess the reliability of its water service to its customers during normal, dry, and multiple dry water years. The water supply and demand assessment compare the total projected water use with the expected water supply over the next 20 years in 5-year increments. The assessment contained in the 2010 Plan projects reliability through the next 25 years to correspond with the growth forecasted by SANDAG. The 2010 SDCWA UWMP identifies the needs of all its member agencies and determined and identified the means to meet those needs. The reliability of water supply is affected by the seasonal and climatic shortages. In order to evaluate single dry water and multiple dry water years, a normal water year was established by SDCWA, based on historical rainfall data and adjusted for growth projections provided by SANDAG. Table 10 summarizes the normal water year demands for RMWD and includes the SDCWA data which was used to determine RMWD's demand. Single Dry year water demand and multiple dry year water demands are listed in Table 11 and Table 12 respectively. Single dry water demands are determined by applying 7% multiplier to normal water demand data similar to the SDCWA and multiple dry year water demands were determined by applying 0.7% factor for each year consecutively. 4.1 PROJECT NORMAL YEAR WATER SUPPY AND DEMAND The SDCWA based it supply goals to that of projected water demand. Table 10 summarizes the supply and demand data for RMWD and also includes SDCWA data which was used to determine RMWDs' future supply and demand.

Table 10 – Normal Year Water Demand with Conservation Wholesaler 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 RMWD 21,537 21,070 22,446 24,078 26,137 SDCWA 641,437 676,375 722,315 758,954 792,549

Data is based on SDCWA 2010 UWMP and includes near term annexation demands


4.2 PROJECTED DRY YEAR WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND

Table 11 summarizes the supply and demand data for RMWD and also includes the SDCWA data which was used to determine RMWDs' supply and demand.

Table 11 – Single Dry Year Water Demand with Conservation Wholesaler 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 RMWD 23,045 22,545 24,017 25,763 27,967 SDCWA 681,850 720,348 769,689 809,915 846,533 Data is based on SDCWA 2010 UWMP

4.3 PROJECTED MULTIPLE DRY YEAR WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND Table 12 summarizes the supply and demand data for RMWD and also includes the SDCWA data which was used to determine RMWDs' supply and demand

Table 12- Multiple Dry Year Water Demand

Multiple Dry Year Group Year RMWD SDCWA

1

2016

2017 2018

23,206

23,369

23,532

684,965

707,726

742,211

2

2021

2022 2023

22,703

22,862

23,022

726,025

754,233

793,297

3

2026

2027 2028

24,185

24,354

24,525

777,049

806,049

848,762

4

2031

2032 2033

25,943

26,125

26,308

816,466

848,206

888,263

4.4 WATER QUALITY IMPACT ON RELIABILITY

The water supplied to RMWD by the SDCWA is treated prior to delivery to RMWD. The SDCWA addresses water quality issues with respect to Perchlorate, salinity, total dissolved solids, and other contaminants in Section 7 of it its 2010 UWMP. The water treatment facility operated by the MWD has the needed capacity to treat supplies provided to its vendors and has been updated to provide fluoridations in addition to the existing chlorination process.

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4.5 MINIMUM WATER SUPPLY An estimate of the minimum water supply available during each of the next three water years based on the driest three year historic sequence for the agency’s water supply is shown in Table 13. Minimum water supply is based on the SDCWA allocations and a projected 7% increase in demand due to drought conditions.

Table 13 - Projected Minimum Water Supply (AF/Y) 2012 2013 2014 RMWD 20,981 21,672 22,357

SECTION 5 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN

RMWD ordinance 08-01 addresses the possible water shortage scenarios in conjunction with the SDCWA Drought Management Plan. The sections within the ordinance discuss stages each with both Voluntary and Mandatory reduction of water usage. Subsections herein shall discuss various components of the water shortage contingency plan. Appendix C contains the full text of the ordinance.

5.1 STAGES OF ACTION There are 4 different stages of water shortage scenarios within ordinance 08-01. Each stage has specific instructions for various water uses to be prohibited or to be restricted. Drought Response Level 1 is for periods when RMWD is notified that due to drought or other supply reductions, there is a reasonable probability there will be supply shortages and that a consumer demand reduction of up to 10 percent is required in order to ensure that sufficient supplies will be available to meet anticipated demands. Public outreach and conservation practices are promoted during Drought Response Level 1, however cut backs are not mandatory. For Drought Response Level 2 there is a 20 percent reduction. There is a list of conservation practices which during Drought Response Level 1, are voluntary, and during Drought Response Level 2 are mandatory. Drought Response Level 3 and 4 require a 40 and more than 40 percent reduction, respectively.

5.2 CATASTROPHIC SUPPLY INTERRUPTION PLAN

A catast rophic water shor tage occurs when a d isaster , such as an earthquake, results in insufficient available water to meet the region's needs or eliminates access to imported water supplies. The SDCWA's Emergency Response Plan (ERP) and the Emergency Storage Plan (ESP) are developed to protect public health and safety and to prevent or l imit economic damage that could occur from a severe shortage of water supplies. The ERP covers concepts such as the authorities, policies, and procedures associated with emergency response activities, emergency staffing, management, and organization required to assist in mitigating any significant emergency or disaster, mutual aid agreements and covenants that outline the terms and conditions under which mutual aid assistance will be provided and Pre-emergency planning and emergency operations procedures. The ESP

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identifies and implements plans to acquire additional storage facilities.

For RMWD, it is important that the water stored in RMWDs reservoirs are monitored and proactively managed to not allow the volumes of all the reservoirs to drop to very low level. Practice should be to maintain at a minimum the required emergency fire flow storage within all reservoirs at all time. RMWD has developed an ERP which discusses actions RMWD will take during a catastrophic interruption of water supplies to ensure operation during such an event. Contingency plans are prepared for each event. Backup generators have been purchased and are easily wired into pump stations for quick connects in case of a power outage. Storage facilities are kept at an optima level in case of fire flow demands, aqueduct shutdowns, and general operation.

5 . 3 PRO H IB IT IO NS , PE N A L T IE S A N D C O N S U M P T I O N REDUCTION METHODS

Each stage of the water shortage plan has specific prohibitions, penalties and consumption reduction methods. Section 5.1 discussed the consumption reduction and water use prohibitions. The violation of ordinance 08-01, covered under section 5, is a misdemeanor pursuant to sections 350-358, 375-377 and 71640-71644 of California Water Code and punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days or a fine not to exceed $1000 or both. Appendix C contains the complete text.

5.4 ANALYSIS OF REVENUE IMPACTS OF REDUCE SALE DURING SHORTAGES

Impact upon revenue due to reduced water sales during shortages is proportional to the severity of the shortage. An analysis of FY 2006-2007 sales of agricultural only water usage shall be used to illustrate the revenue impact to the District. The agricultural only sales were 7,311.5 acre-ft which is equivalent to 3,184,891 units of water. Table 14 summarizes the potential losses assuming a simple daily average of 8,726 units based on 365 day year, 30 day month and a unit price of $2.60.

Table 14 - Potential Revenue Loss Due to Shortages

Reduction Daily Loss Monthly Loss 10% $ 2,269 $ 68,063 20% $ 4,538 $ 136,126 30% $ 6,806 $ 204,188 40% $ 9,075 $ 272,251

50% $ 11,344 $ 340,314

As illustrated on Table 12 the potential to lose revenue is directly related to the severity and duration of the shortage. The above analysis only considered the reduction based on agricultural use reductions.


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SECTION 6 DEMAND MANAGEMENT MEASURES

Demand Management Measures are methods or ways to conserve water through efficient tools, education and encouragement through incentives. Currently there are 14 best management practices (BMP's) that are promoted by California Urban Water Conservation Council (CUWCC). All of these BMP's are implemented by the SDCWA and RMWD is a participating member of the SDCWA program and the CUWCC. RMWD became a signatory to the Memorandumm of Understanding (MOU) of the CUWCC in 2009. As a member of CUWCC, RMWD is required to submit a BMP report every 2 years regarding the implementation of the 14 BMPs. See Appendix D for the Annual CUWCC BMP Report and Section 3 of the SDCWA 2010 UWMP for descriptions of current BMPs.

6.1 Water Survey Programs for Residential Customers RMWD has not developed an independent marketing strategy for single or multifamily residential water survey program to detect leaks; including toilets, toilet flappers and faucets, check flow rates; including showerheads, aerators and toilets, and other checks to determine efficient use of water and recommend or offer to replace with low flow devices. At present, RMWDs participation is limited to its association with the SDCWA program. RMWD should consider the initiation of a water survey program to increase the visibility of the Water District programs. Such information can be supplied as a leaflet within the monthly water bill. 6.2 Residential Plumbing Retrofit

RMWD, as a member o f SDCWA, par t ic ipates in an incent ive program for water conserv ing dev ices.

6.3 System Water Audits RMWD had a water pipe audit program that would perform leak detection on our pipelines. The last survey was done for FY 2004-2005. Currently, RMWD has not continued the program due to financial constraints. As leak detection technology improves RMWD will consider bring back the water system audits. 6.4 Commodity rate Metering

In 2010 RMWD retailed water at a commodity rate of $2.55 for each unit of water for the first 6 units and $2.60 a unit thereafter. A unit of water is equivalent to one Hundred Cubic Feet (HCF) or 748 gallons. Included in this rate are costs necessary to pay MWD and SDCWA for the costs of imported water.

6.5 Large Landscape Conservation

The SDCWA has a large audit programs and services to assist in water use efficiency through new technology and education.

6.6 High Efficiency Washing Machines RMWD is a participating member of the SDCWA's Voucher Program to


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promote efficient machines through incentives for water saving devices.

6.7 Public Information Programs The Public information Program used public service announcements, Brochures, newsletters in bills, demonstration gardens, special events and its speaker's bureau to give speeches as its medium to relay the message of conservation. Public can learn how outdoor irrigation can waste water, how the region uses recycled water and how to avoid polluting our local streams and bays.

6.8 School Education Programs

The SDCWA has several programs available to school teachers and other youth programs to promote water education among local youth. The programs for teachers are grouped into elementary and secondary categories with 10 programs for K through 6 and 7 programs for 7 through 12th grades respectively. In addition to these grade specific programs, the SDCWA offers a badge program for youth organizations, mini-grants and Xeriscape gardening workshop for teachers, and does the exhibit at Reuben H. Fleet Center.

These programs teach water-related activities and science experiments. In addi t ion to h ighl ight ing water conservat ion issues and provides an understanding of California's water supply, these activities are designed to integrate math, science, art and language. Secondary school level programs emphasize on are water quality, water distribution, water conservation, the water cycle and fresh and salt water topics.

6.9 Conservation Programs for Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Accounts

The SDCWA managed a Commercial Institutional Industrial (CII) Voucher Program for all participating member agencies. In July 2008, the SDCWA switched to MWD’s regional CII Save A Buck Program. These programs installed 56,000 CII water saving devices and saved 18,400 AF of water savings from 1993 to 2009.

6.10 Conservation Pricing

RMWD is in preliminary stages of establishing a pricing schedule to promote water conservation and as such has yet to determine stepping points. Also being considered at the time is a rate structure that includes a different schedule for agricultural, industrial and domestic uses.


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6.11 Wholesale Agency Programs

All the programs with which RMWD participates are administrated by the SDCWA and in some instances by MWD. Therefore the entire Section 6 is a summary of programs offered by the SDCWA. Other programs can be found in the SDCWA UWMP Section 3 Demand Management.

6.12 Water Conservation Coordinator

RMWD has a water conservation coordinator and works with the SDCWA staff to coordinate water conservation related issues.

6.13 Water Waste Prohibition For most arid regions with limited water supply, water waste prohibition is an innate concept well understood and readily practiced. However that was not the case in Southern California with the abundant imported water from Colorado River, the area residents created water intense lush landscapes. With the increasing demand for water in the region, local governments and water districts created regulations to regulate water conservation. RMWD adopted an ordinance in 1990 to promote water conservation and created an emergency water management program. The ordinance, No 90-1, was later superseded by ordinance 91-5 which in turn was slightly amended with ordinance 91-8. Section 7 of the ordinance, "Water Conservation Stages", states that no customer shall waste or use district provided water unreasonably regardless of the conservation stage of a given time. Any violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor which is punishable with imprisonment or fine. Appendix C contains the text of the ordinance. 6.14 Residential Ultra-Low Flush Toilet Replacement Programs SDCWA implemented a financial incentive program for water conserving devises

from 1991 to 2008. Vouchers were used to encourage replacement of water

wasting devices to high efficient devices. The program replaced over 500,000

water-efficient toilets and other devices. In 2008, SDCWA transitioned over to

the regional SoCal Water$mart rebate program.

6.15 20 Gallon Challenge Increased conservation is essential for residents, business and public agencies due to historic dry conditions and reduced water deliveries from the State Water Project. SDCWA has developed a conservation campaign to increase the conservation methods called the 20 Gallon Challenge. The 20 Gallon Challenge is region wide, and promotes voluntary water conservation by pledging to save 20 gallons per person, per day to save water now to allow for water in storage for the coming years.

6.16 DETERMINATION OF DMM IMPLEMNTATION

DMM is determined through the evaluation of applications for loans and grants to the Department of Water Resource to implement DMM's identified in Section 6. RMWD is a signatory to the CWUCC MOU participating member of SDCWA and MWD's programs.


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SECTION 7 ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UWMP

The Act requires each urban water supplier adopt and implement their UWMP once every 5 years. The process involves public review of the UWMP and revisions and adaptation by RMWD. The 2010 draft UWMP was reviewed by the Board of Directors and general public during a public review meeting in June of 2011 and the draft revised accordingly. The Board of Directors adopted the plan on June 28, 2011. Appendix E contains a copy of the resolution adopting the 2010 UWMP and the minutes for the agenda discussing implementation of the plan.

As a signatory of the CUWCC, RMWD will track the effectiveness and implement BMPs to conserve and promote water conservation and abide by SB 7. RMWD shall implement its UWMP through the education of efficient use of water and the DMM discussed in the previous section. RWMD participates in landscape efficiency classes and informs customers about conservation through newsletters and website updates.

In order to determine actual reductions in water use, RWMD shall track water usage history and compare consumption to previous years. Also, RMWD with the help of the CUWCC can manage BMPs and calculate GPCD.

Once adopted by the Board of Directors the UWMP shall be submitted to the Department of Water Resources, the local library, San Diego County and neighboring cities. The plan will also be available for review on RMWD’s website at www.rainbowmwd.com and at RMWD office during normal office hours.

APPENDIX A

Urban Water Management Planning Act (Division 6 Part 2.6 of the Water Code §10610-10656)

&

SB 7 Law

California Urban Water Management Planning Act Page 1 2010

CALIFORNIA WATER CODE DIVISION 6 PART 2.6. URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING All California Codes have been updated to include the 2010 Statutes. CHAPTER 1. GENERAL DECLARATION AND POLICY 10610-10610.4 CHAPTER 2. DEFINITIONS 10611-10617 CHAPTER 3. URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS Article 1. General Provisions 10620-10621 Article 2. Contents of Plans 10630-10634 Article 2.5. Water Service Reliability 10635 Article 3. Adoption and Implementation of Plans 10640-10645 CHAPTER 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 10650-10656

WATER CODE SECTION 10610-10610.4 10610. This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Urban Water Management Planning Act." 10610.2. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The waters of the state are a limited and renewable resource subject to ever-increasing demands. (2) The conservation and efficient use of urban water supplies are of statewide concern; however, the planning for that use and the implementation of those plans can best be accomplished at the local level. (3) A long-term, reliable supply of water is essential to protect the productivity of California's businesses and economic climate. (4) As part of its long-range planning activities, every urban water supplier should make every effort to ensure the appropriate level of reliability in its water service sufficient to meet the needs of its various categories of customers during normal, dry, and multiple dry water years. (5) Public health issues have been raised over a number of contaminants that have been identified in certain local and imported water supplies. (6) Implementing effective water management strategies, including groundwater storage projects and recycled water projects, may require specific water quality and salinity targets for meeting groundwater basins water quality objectives and promoting beneficial use of recycled water. (7) Water quality regulations are becoming an increasingly important factor in water agencies' selection of raw water sources, treatment alternatives, and modifications to existing treatment facilities. (8) Changes in drinking water quality standards may also impact the usefulness of water supplies and may ultimately impact supply reliability. (9) The quality of source supplies can have a significant impact


on water management strategies and supply reliability. (b) This part is intended to provide assistance to water agencies in carrying out their long-term resource planning responsibilities to ensure adequate water supplies to meet existing and future demands for water. 10610.4. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state as follows: (a) The management of urban water demands and efficient use of water shall be actively pursued to protect both the people of the state and their water resources. (b) The management of urban water demands and efficient use of urban water supplies shall be a guiding criterion in public decisions. (c) Urban water suppliers shall be required to develop water management plans to actively pursue the efficient use of available supplies.

WATER CODE SECTION 10611-10617 10611. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of this chapter govern the construction of this part. 10611.5. "Demand management" means those water conservation measures, programs, and incentives that prevent the waste of water and promote the reasonable and efficient use and reuse of available supplies. 10612. "Customer" means a purchaser of water from a water supplier who uses the water for municipal purposes, including residential, commercial, governmental, and industrial uses. 10613. "Efficient use" means those management measures that result in the most effective use of water so as to prevent its waste or unreasonable use or unreasonable method of use. 10614. "Person" means any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, trust, corporation, company, public agency, or any agency of such an entity. 10615. "Plan" means an urban water management plan prepared pursuant to this part. A plan shall describe and evaluate sources of supply, reasonable and practical efficient uses, reclamation and demand management activities. The components of the plan may vary according to an individual community or area's characteristics and its capabilities to efficiently use and conserve water. The plan shall address measures for residential, commercial, governmental, and industrial water demand management as set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 10630) of Chapter 3. In addition, a strategy and time schedule for implementation shall be included in the plan. 10616. "Public agency" means any board, commission, county, city


and county, city, regional agency, district, or other public entity. 10616.5. "Recycled water" means the reclamation and reuse of wastewater for beneficial use. 10617. "Urban water supplier" means a supplier, either publicly or privately owned, providing water for municipal purposes either directly or indirectly to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually. An urban water supplier includes a supplier or contractor for water, regardless of the basis of right, which distributes or sells for ultimate resale to customers. This part applies only to water supplied from public water systems subject to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116275) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code.

WATER CODE SECTION 10620-10621 10620. (a) Every urban water supplier shall prepare and adopt an urban water management plan in the manner set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 10640). (b) Every person that becomes an urban water supplier shall adopt an urban water management plan within one year after it has become an urban water supplier. (c) An urban water supplier indirectly providing water shall not include planning elements in its water management plan as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 10630) that would be applicable to urban water suppliers or public agencies directly providing water, or to their customers, without the consent of those suppliers or public agencies. (d) (1) An urban water supplier may satisfy the requirements of this part by participation in areawide, regional, watershed, or basinwide urban water management planning where those plans will reduce preparation costs and contribute to the achievement of conservation and efficient water use. (2) Each urban water supplier shall coordinate the preparation of its plan with other appropriate agencies in the area, including other water suppliers that share a common source, water management agencies, and relevant public agencies, to the extent practicable. (e) The urban water supplier may prepare the plan with its own staff, by contract, or in cooperation with other governmental agencies. (f) An urban water supplier shall describe in the plan water management tools and options used by that entity that will maximize resources and minimize the need to import water from other regions. 10621. (a) Each urban water supplier shall update its plan at least once every five years on or before December 31, in years ending in five and zero. (b) Every urban water supplier required to prepare a plan pursuant to this part shall, at least 60 days prior to the public hearing on the plan required by Section 10642, notify any city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies that the urban water


supplier will be reviewing the plan and considering amendments or changes to the plan. The urban water supplier may consult with, and obtain comments from, any city or county that receives notice pursuant to this subdivision. (c) The amendments to, or changes in, the plan shall be adopted and filed in the manner set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 10640).

WATER CODE SECTION 10630-10634 10630. It is the intention of the Legislature, in enacting this part, to permit levels of water management planning commensurate with the numbers of customers served and the volume of water supplied. 10631. A plan shall be adopted in accordance with this chapter that shall do all of the following: (a) Describe the service area of the supplier, including current and projected population, climate, and other demographic factors affecting the supplier's water management planning. The projected population estimates shall be based upon data from the state, regional, or local service agency population projections within the service area of the urban water supplier and shall be in five-year increments to 20 years or as far as data is available. (b) Identify and quantify, to the extent practicable, the existing and planned sources of water available to the supplier over the same five-year increments described in subdivision (a). If groundwater is identified as an existing or planned source of water available to the supplier, all of the following information shall be included in the plan: (1) A copy of any groundwater management plan adopted by the urban water supplier, including plans adopted pursuant to Part 2.75 (commencing with Section 10750), or any other specific authorization for groundwater management. (2) A description of any groundwater basin or basins from which the urban water supplier pumps groundwater. For those basins for which a court or the board has adjudicated the rights to pump groundwater, a copy of the order or decree adopted by the court or the board and a description of the amount of groundwater the urban water supplier has the legal right to pump under the order or decree. For basins that have not been adjudicated, information as to whether the department has identified the basin or basins as overdrafted or has projected that the basin will become overdrafted if present management conditions continue, in the most current official departmental bulletin that characterizes the condition of the groundwater basin, and a detailed description of the efforts being undertaken by the urban water supplier to eliminate the long-term overdraft condition. (3) A detailed description and analysis of the location, amount, and sufficiency of groundwater pumped by the urban water supplier for the past five years. The description and analysis shall be based on information that is reasonably available, including, but not limited to, historic use records.


(4) A detailed description and analysis of the amount and location of groundwater that is projected to be pumped by the urban water supplier. The description and analysis shall be based on information that is reasonably available, including, but not limited to, historic use records. (c) (1) Describe the reliability of the water supply and vulnerability to seasonal or climatic shortage, to the extent practicable, and provide data for each of the following: (A) An average water year. (B) A single dry water year. (C) Multiple dry water years. (2) For any water source that may not be available at a consistent level of use, given specific legal, environmental, water quality, or climatic factors, describe plans to supplement or replace that source with alternative sources or water demand management measures, to the extent practicable. (d) Describe the opportunities for exchanges or transfers of water on a short-term or long-term basis. (e) (1) Quantify, to the extent records are available, past and current water use, over the same five-year increments described in subdivision (a), and projected water use, identifying the uses among water use sectors, including, but not necessarily limited to, all of the following uses: (A) Single-family residential. (B) Multifamily. (C) Commercial. (D) Industrial. (E) Institutional and governmental. (F) Landscape. (G) Sales to other agencies. (H) Saline water intrusion barriers, groundwater recharge, or conjunctive use, or any combination thereof. (I) Agricultural. (2) The water use projections shall be in the same five-year increments described in subdivision (a). (f) Provide a description of the supplier's water demand management measures. This description shall include all of the following: (1) A description of each water demand management measure that is currently being implemented, or scheduled for implementation, including the steps necessary to implement any proposed measures, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (A) Water survey programs for single-family residential and multifamily residential customers. (B) Residential plumbing retrofit. (C) System water audits, leak detection, and repair. (D) Metering with commodity rates for all new connections and retrofit of existing connections. (E) Large landscape conservation programs and incentives. (F) High-efficiency washing machine rebate programs. (G) Public information programs. (H) School education programs. (I) Conservation programs for commercial, industrial, and institutional accounts.


(J) Wholesale agency programs. (K) Conservation pricing. (L) Water conservation coordinator. (M) Water waste prohibition. (N) Residential ultra-low-flush toilet replacement programs. (2) A schedule of implementation for all water demand management measures proposed or described in the plan. (3) A description of the methods, if any, that the supplier will use to evaluate the effectiveness of water demand management measures implemented or described under the plan. (4) An estimate, if available, of existing conservation savings on water use within the supplier's service area, and the effect of the savings on the supplier's ability to further reduce demand. (g) An evaluation of each water demand management measure listed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) that is not currently being implemented or scheduled for implementation. In the course of the evaluation, first consideration shall be given to water demand management measures, or combination of measures, that offer lower incremental costs than expanded or additional water supplies. This evaluation shall do all of the following: (1) Take into account economic and noneconomic factors, including environmental, social, health, customer impact, and technological factors. (2) Include a cost-benefit analysis, identifying total benefits and total costs. (3) Include a description of funding available to implement any planned water supply project that would provide water at a higher unit cost. (4) Include a description of the water supplier's legal authority to implement the measure and efforts to work with other relevant agencies to ensure the implementation of the measure and to share the cost of implementation. (h) Include a description of all water supply projects and water supply programs that may be undertaken by the urban water supplier to meet the total projected water use as established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10635. The urban water supplier shall include a detailed description of expected future projects and programs, other than the demand management programs identified pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f), that the urban water supplier may implement to increase the amount of the water supply available to the urban water supplier in average, single-dry, and multiple-dry water years. The description shall identify specific projects and include a description of the increase in water supply that is expected to be available from each project. The description shall include an estimate with regard to the implementation timeline for each project or program. (i) Describe the opportunities for development of desalinated water, including, but not limited to, ocean water, brackish water, and groundwater, as a long-term supply. (j) For purposes of this part, urban water suppliers that are members of the California Urban Water Conservation Council shall be deemed in compliance with the requirements of subdivisions (f) and (g) by complying with all the provisions of the "Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Urban Water Conservation in California,"


dated December 10, 2008, as it may be amended, and by submitting the annual reports required by Section 6.2 of that memorandum. (k) Urban water suppliers that rely upon a wholesale agency for a source of water shall provide the wholesale agency with water use projections from that agency for that source of water in five-year increments to 20 years or as far as data is available. The wholesale agency shall provide information to the urban water supplier for inclusion in the urban water supplier's plan that identifies and quantifies, to the extent practicable, the existing and planned sources of water as required by subdivision (b), available from the wholesale agency to the urban water supplier over the same five-year increments, and during various water-year types in accordance with subdivision (c). An urban water supplier may rely upon water supply information provided by the wholesale agency in fulfilling the plan informational requirements of subdivisions (b) and (c). 10631.1. (a) The water use projections required by Section 10631 shall include projected water use for single-family and multifamily residential housing needed for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, as identified in the housing element of any city, county, or city and county in the service area of the supplier. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the identification of projected water use for single-family and multifamily residential housing for lower income households will assist a supplier in complying with the requirement under Section 65589.7 of the Government Code to grant a priority for the provision of service to housing units affordable to lower income households. 10631.5. (a) (1) Beginning January 1, 2009, the terms of, and eligibility for, a water management grant or loan made to an urban water supplier and awarded or administered by the department, state board, or California Bay-Delta Authority or its successor agency shall be conditioned on the implementation of the water demand management measures described in Section 10631, as determined by the department pursuant to subdivision (b). (2) For the purposes of this section, water management grants and loans include funding for programs and projects for surface water or groundwater storage, recycling, desalination, water conservation, water supply reliability, and water supply augmentation. This section does not apply to water management projects funded by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the department shall determine that an urban water supplier is eligible for a water management grant or loan even though the supplier is not implementing all of the water demand management measures described in Section 10631, if the urban water supplier has submitted to the department for approval a schedule, financing plan, and budget, to be included in the grant or loan agreement, for implementation of the water demand management measures. The supplier may request grant or loan funds to implement the water demand management measures to the extent the request is consistent with the eligibility requirements applicable to the water management funds. (4) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the department shall


determine that an urban water supplier is eligible for a water management grant or loan even though the supplier is not implementing all of the water demand management measures described in Section 10631, if an urban water supplier submits to the department for approval documentation demonstrating that a water demand management measure is not locally cost effective. If the department determines that the documentation submitted by the urban water supplier fails to demonstrate that a water demand management measure is not locally cost effective, the department shall notify the urban water supplier and the agency administering the grant or loan program within 120 days that the documentation does not satisfy the requirements for an exemption, and include in that notification a detailed statement to support the determination. (B) For purposes of this paragraph, "not locally cost effective" means that the present value of the local benefits of implementing a water demand management measure is less than the present value of the local costs of implementing that measure. (b) (1) The department, in consultation with the state board and the California Bay-Delta Authority or its successor agency, and after soliciting public comment regarding eligibility requirements, shall develop eligibility requirements to implement the requirement of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a). In establishing these eligibility requirements, the department shall do both of the following: (A) Consider the conservation measures described in the Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Urban Water Conservation in California, and alternative conservation approaches that provide equal or greater water savings. (B) Recognize the different legal, technical, fiscal, and practical roles and responsibilities of wholesale water suppliers and retail water suppliers. (2) (A) For the purposes of this section, the department shall determine whether an urban water supplier is implementing all of the water demand management measures described in Section 10631 based on either, or a combination, of the following: (i) Compliance on an individual basis. (ii) Compliance on a regional basis. Regional compliance shall require participation in a regional conservation program consisting of two or more urban water suppliers that achieves the level of conservation or water efficiency savings equivalent to the amount of conservation or savings achieved if each of the participating urban water suppliers implemented the water demand management measures. The urban water supplier administering the regional program shall provide participating urban water suppliers and the department with data to demonstrate that the regional program is consistent with this clause. The department shall review the data to determine whether the urban water suppliers in the regional program are meeting the eligibility requirements. (B) The department may require additional information for any determination pursuant to this section. (3) The department shall not deny eligibility to an urban water supplier in compliance with the requirements of this section that is participating in a multiagency water project, or an integrated regional water management plan, developed pursuant to Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code, solely on the basis that one or more of


the agencies participating in the project or plan is not implementing all of the water demand management measures described in Section 10631. (c) In establishing guidelines pursuant to the specific funding authorization for any water management grant or loan program subject to this section, the agency administering the grant or loan program shall include in the guidelines the eligibility requirements developed by the department pursuant to subdivision (b). (d) Upon receipt of a water management grant or loan application by an agency administering a grant and loan program subject to this section, the agency shall request an eligibility determination from the department with respect to the requirements of this section. The department shall respond to the request within 60 days of the request. (e) The urban water supplier may submit to the department copies of its annual reports and other relevant documents to assist the department in determining whether the urban water supplier is implementing or scheduling the implementation of water demand management activities. In addition, for urban water suppliers that are signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Urban Water Conservation in California and submit biennial reports to the California Urban Water Conservation Council in accordance with the memorandum, the department may use these reports to assist in tracking the implementation of water demand management measures. (f) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before July 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date. 10631.7. The department, in consultation with the California Urban Water Conservation Council, shall convene an independent technical panel to provide information and recommendations to the department and the Legislature on new demand management measures, technologies, and approaches. The panel shall consist of no more than seven members, who shall be selected by the department to reflect a balanced representation of experts. The panel shall have at least one, but no more than two, representatives from each of the following: retail water suppliers, environmental organizations, the business community, wholesale water suppliers, and academia. The panel shall be convened by January 1, 2009, and shall report to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2010, and every five years thereafter. The department shall review the panel report and include in the final report to the Legislature the department's recommendations and comments regarding the panel process and the panel's recommendations. 10632. (a) The plan shall provide an urban water shortage contingency analysis that includes each of the following elements that are within the authority of the urban water supplier: (1) Stages of action to be undertaken by the urban water supplier in response to water supply shortages, including up to a 50 percent reduction in water supply, and an outline of specific water supply conditions that are applicable to each stage. (2) An estimate of the minimum water supply available during each of the next three water years based on the driest three-year historic


sequence for the agency's water supply. (3) Actions to be undertaken by the urban water supplier to prepare for, and implement during, a catastrophic interruption of water supplies including, but not limited to, a regional power outage, an earthquake, or other disaster. (4) Additional, mandatory prohibitions against specific water use practices during water shortages, including, but not limited to, prohibiting the use of potable water for street cleaning. (5) Consumption reduction methods in the most restrictive stages. Each urban water supplier may use any type of consumption reduction methods in its water shortage contingency analysis that would reduce water use, are appropriate for its area, and have the ability to achieve a water use reduction consistent with up to a 50 percent reduction in water supply. (6) Penalties or charges for excessive use, where applicable. (7) An analysis of the impacts of each of the actions and conditions described in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, on the revenues and expenditures of the urban water supplier, and proposed measures to overcome those impacts, such as the development of reserves and rate adjustments. (8) A draft water shortage contingency resolution or ordinance. (9) A mechanism for determining actual reductions in water use pursuant to the urban water shortage contingency analysis. (b) Commencing with the urban water management plan update due December 31, 2015, for purposes of developing the water shortage contingency analysis pursuant to subdivision (a), the urban water supplier shall analyze and define water features that are artificially supplied with water, including ponds, lakes, waterfalls, and fountains, separately from swimming pools and spas, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 115921 of the Health and Safety Code. 10633. The plan shall provide, to the extent available, information on recycled water and its potential for use as a water source in the service area of the urban water supplier. The preparation of the plan shall be coordinated with local water, wastewater, groundwater, and planning agencies that operate within the supplier's service area, and shall include all of the following: (a) A description of the wastewater collection and treatment systems in the supplier's service area, including a quantification of the amount of wastewater collected and treated and the methods of wastewater disposal. (b) A description of the quantity of treated wastewater that meets recycled water standards, is being discharged, and is otherwise available for use in a recycled water project. (c) A description of the recycled water currently being used in the supplier's service area, including, but not limited to, the type, place, and quantity of use. (d) A description and quantification of the potential uses of recycled water, including, but not limited to, agricultural irrigation, landscape irrigation, wildlife habitat enhancement, wetlands, industrial reuse, groundwater recharge, indirect potable reuse, and other appropriate uses, and a determination with regard to the technical and economic feasibility of serving those uses. (e) The projected use of recycled water within the supplier's


service area at the end of 5, 10, 15, and 20 years, and a description of the actual use of recycled water in comparison to uses previously projected pursuant to this subdivision. (f) A description of actions, including financial incentives, which may be taken to encourage the use of recycled water, and the projected results of these actions in terms of acre-feet of recycled water used per year. (g) A plan for optimizing the use of recycled water in the supplier's service area, including actions to facilitate the installation of dual distribution systems, to promote recirculating uses, to facilitate the increased use of treated wastewater that meets recycled water standards, and to overcome any obstacles to achieving that increased use. 10634. The plan shall include information, to the extent practicable, relating to the quality of existing sources of water available to the supplier over the same five-year increments as described in subdivision (a) of Section 10631, and the manner in which water quality affects water management strategies and supply reliability.

WATER CODE SECTION 10635 10635. (a) Every urban water supplier shall include, as part of its urban water management plan, an assessment of the reliability of its water service to its customers during normal, dry, and multiple dry water years. This water supply and demand assessment shall compare the total water supply sources available to the water supplier with the total projected water use over the next 20 years, in five-year increments, for a normal water year, a single dry water year, and multiple dry water years. The water service reliability assessment shall be based upon the information compiled pursuant to Section 10631, including available data from state, regional, or local agency population projections within the service area of the urban water supplier. (b) The urban water supplier shall provide that portion of its urban water management plan prepared pursuant to this article to any city or county within which it provides water supplies no later than 60 days after the submission of its urban water management plan. (c) Nothing in this article is intended to create a right or entitlement to water service or any specific level of water service. (d) Nothing in this article is intended to change existing law concerning an urban water supplier's obligation to provide water service to its existing customers or to any potential future customers.


WATER CODE SECTION 10640-10645 10640. Every urban water supplier required to prepare a plan pursuant to this part shall prepare its plan pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 10630). The supplier shall likewise periodically review the plan as required by Section 10621, and any amendments or changes required as a result of that review shall be adopted pursuant to this article. 10641. An urban water supplier required to prepare a plan may consult with, and obtain comments from, any public agency or state agency or any person who has special expertise with respect to water demand management methods and techniques. 10642. Each urban water supplier shall encourage the active involvement of diverse social, cultural, and economic elements of the population within the service area prior to and during the preparation of the plan. Prior to adopting a plan, the urban water supplier shall make the plan available for public inspection and shall hold a public hearing thereon. Prior to the hearing, notice of the time and place of hearing shall be published within the jurisdiction of the publicly owned water supplier pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. The urban water supplier shall provide notice of the time and place of hearing to any city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies. A privately owned water supplier shall provide an equivalent notice within its service area. After the hearing, the plan shall be adopted as prepared or as modified after the hearing. 10643. An urban water supplier shall implement its plan adopted pursuant to this chapter in accordance with the schedule set forth in its plan. 10644. (a) An urban water supplier shall submit to the department, the California State Library, and any city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies a copy of its plan no later than 30 days after adoption. Copies of amendments or changes to the plans shall be submitted to the department, the California State Library, and any city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies within 30 days after adoption. (b) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before December 31, in the years ending in six and one, a report summarizing the status of the plans adopted pursuant to this part. The report prepared by the department shall identify the exemplary elements of the individual plans. The department shall provide a copy of the report to each urban water supplier that has submitted its plan to the department. The department shall also prepare reports and provide data for any legislative hearings designed to consider the effectiveness of plans submitted pursuant to this part. (c) (1) For the purpose of identifying the exemplary elements of the individual plans, the department shall identify in the report those water demand management measures adopted and implemented by specific urban water suppliers, and identified pursuant to Section


10631, that achieve water savings significantly above the levels established by the department to meet the requirements of Section 10631.5. (2) The department shall distribute to the panel convened pursuant to Section 10631.7 the results achieved by the implementation of those water demand management measures described in paragraph (1). (3) The department shall make available to the public the standard the department will use to identify exemplary water demand management measures. 10645. Not later than 30 days after filing a copy of its plan with the department, the urban water supplier and the department shall make the plan available for public review during normal business hours.


WATER CODE SECTION 10650-10656 10650. Any actions or proceedings to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the acts or decisions of an urban water supplier on the grounds of noncompliance with this part shall be commenced as follows: (a) An action or proceeding alleging failure to adopt a plan shall be commenced within 18 months after that adoption is required by this part. (b) Any action or proceeding alleging that a plan, or action taken pursuant to the plan, does not comply with this part shall be commenced within 90 days after filing of the plan or amendment thereto pursuant to Section 10644 or the taking of that action. 10651. In any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul a plan, or an action taken pursuant to the plan by an urban water supplier on the grounds of noncompliance with this part, the inquiry shall extend only to whether there was a prejudicial abuse of discretion. Abuse of discretion is established if the supplier has not proceeded in a manner required by law or if the action by the water supplier is not supported by substantial evidence. 10652. The California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) does not apply to the preparation and adoption of plans pursuant to this part or to the implementation of actions taken pursuant to Section 10632. Nothing in this part shall be interpreted as exempting from the California Environmental Quality Act any project that would significantly affect water supplies for fish and wildlife, or any project for implementation of the plan, other than projects implementing Section 10632, or any project for expanded or additional water supplies. 10653. The adoption of a plan shall satisfy any requirements of state law, regulation, or order, including those of the State Water Resources Control Board and the Public Utilities Commission, for the preparation of water management plans or conservation plans; provided, that if the State Water Resources Control Board or the Public Utilities Commission requires additional information concerning water conservation to implement its existing authority, nothing in this part shall be deemed to limit the board or the commission in obtaining that information. The requirements of this part shall be satisfied by any urban water demand management plan prepared to meet federal laws or regulations after the effective date of this part, and which substantially meets the requirements of this part, or by any existing urban water management plan which includes the contents of a plan required under this part. 10654. An urban water supplier may recover in its rates the costs incurred in preparing its plan and implementing the reasonable water conservation measures included in the plan. Any best water management practice that is included in the plan that is identified in the


"Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Urban Water Conservation in California" is deemed to be reasonable for the purposes of this section. 10655. If any provision of this part or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this part which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application thereof, and to this end the provisions of this part are severable. 10656. An urban water supplier that does not prepare, adopt, and submit its urban water management plan to the department in accordance with this part, is ineligible to receive funding pursuant to Division 24 (commencing with Section 78500) or Division 26 (commencing with Section 79000), or receive drought assistance from the state until the urban water management plan is submitted pursuant to this article.

Senate Bill No. 7

CHAPTER 4

An act to amend and repeal Section 10631.5 of, to add Part 2.55(commencing with Section 10608) to Division 6 of, and to repeal and addPart 2.8 (commencing with Section 10800) of Division 6 of, the Water Code,relating to water.

[Approved by Governor November 10, 2009. Filed withSecretary of State November 10, 2009.]

legislative counsel’s digest

SB 7, Steinberg. Water conservation.(1) Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to convene

an independent technical panel to provide information to the departmentand the Legislature on new demand management measures, technologies,and approaches. “Demand management measures” means those waterconservation measures, programs, and incentives that prevent the waste ofwater and promote the reasonable and efficient use and reuse of availablesupplies.

This bill would require the state to achieve a 20% reduction in urban percapita water use in California by December 31, 2020. The state would berequired to make incremental progress towards this goal by reducing percapita water use by at least 10% on or before December 31, 2015. The billwould require each urban retail water supplier to develop urban water usetargets and an interim urban water use target, in accordance with specifiedrequirements. The bill would require agricultural water suppliers toimplement efficient water management practices. The bill would requirethe department, in consultation with other state agencies, to develop a singlestandardized water use reporting form. The bill, with certain exceptions,would provide that urban retail water suppliers, on and after July 1, 2016,and agricultural water suppliers, on and after July 1, 2013, are not eligiblefor state water grants or loans unless they comply with the water conservationrequirements established by the bill. The bill would repeal, on July 1, 2016,an existing requirement that conditions eligibility for certain watermanagement grants or loans to an urban water supplier on the implementationof certain water demand management measures.

(2) Existing law, until January 1, 1993, and thereafter only as specified,requires certain agricultural water suppliers to prepare and adopt watermanagement plans.

This bill would revise existing law relating to agricultural watermanagement planning to require agricultural water suppliers to prepare andadopt agricultural water management plans with specified components onor before December 31, 2012, and update those plans on or before December

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31, 2015, and on or before December 31 every 5 years thereafter. Anagricultural water supplier that becomes an agricultural water supplier afterDecember 31, 2012, would be required to prepare and adopt an agriculturalwater management plan within one year after becoming an agriculturalwater supplier. The agricultural water supplier would be required to notifyeach city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies withregard to the preparation or review of the plan. The bill would require theagricultural water supplier to submit copies of the plan to the departmentand other specified entities. The bill would provide that an agricultural watersupplier is not eligible for state water grants or loans unless the suppliercomplies with the water management planning requirements established bythe bill.

(3) The bill would take effect only if SB 1 and SB 6 of the 2009–10 7thExtraordinary Session of the Legislature are enacted and become effective.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Part 2.55 (commencing with Section 10608) is added toDivision 6 of the Water Code, to read:

PART 2.55. SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION

Chapter 1. General Declarations and Policy

10608. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Water is a public resource that the California Constitution protects

against waste and unreasonable use.(b) Growing population, climate change, and the need to protect and

grow California’s economy while protecting and restoring our fish andwildlife habitats make it essential that the state manage its water resourcesas efficiently as possible.

(c) Diverse regional water supply portfolios will increase water supplyreliability and reduce dependence on the Delta.

(d) Reduced water use through conservation provides significant energyand environmental benefits, and can help protect water quality, improvestreamflows, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

(e) The success of state and local water conservation programs to increaseefficiency of water use is best determined on the basis of measurableoutcomes related to water use or efficiency.

(f) Improvements in technology and management practices offer thepotential for increasing water efficiency in California over time, providingan essential water management tool to meet the need for water for urban,agricultural, and environmental uses.

(g) The Governor has called for a 20 percent per capita reduction in urbanwater use statewide by 2020.

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(h) The factors used to formulate water use efficiency targets can varysignificantly from location to location based on factors including weather,patterns of urban and suburban development, and past efforts to enhancewater use efficiency.

(i) Per capita water use is a valid measure of a water provider’s effortsto reduce urban water use within its service area. However, per capita wateruse is less useful for measuring relative water use efficiency betweendifferent water providers. Differences in weather, historical patterns of urbanand suburban development, and density of housing in a particular locationneed to be considered when assessing per capita water use as a measure ofefficiency.

10608.4. It is the intent of the Legislature, by the enactment of this part,to do all of the following:

(a) Require all water suppliers to increase the efficiency of use of thisessential resource.

(b) Establish a framework to meet the state targets for urban waterconservation identified in this part and called for by the Governor.

(c) Measure increased efficiency of urban water use on a per capita basis.(d) Establish a method or methods for urban retail water suppliers to

determine targets for achieving increased water use efficiency by the year2020, in accordance with the Governor’s goal of a 20-percent reduction.

(e) Establish consistent water use efficiency planning and implementationstandards for urban water suppliers and agricultural water suppliers.

(f) Promote urban water conservation standards that are consistent withthe California Urban Water Conservation Council’s adopted bestmanagement practices and the requirements for demand management inSection 10631.

(g) Establish standards that recognize and provide credit to water suppliersthat made substantial capital investments in urban water conservation sincethe drought of the early 1990s.

(h) Recognize and account for the investment of urban retail watersuppliers in providing recycled water for beneficial uses.

(i) Require implementation of specified efficient water managementpractices for agricultural water suppliers.

(j) Support the economic productivity of California’s agricultural,commercial, and industrial sectors.

(k) Advance regional water resources management.10608.8. (a) (1) Water use efficiency measures adopted and

implemented pursuant to this part or Part 2.8 (commencing with Section10800) are water conservation measures subject to the protections providedunder Section 1011.

(2) Because an urban agency is not required to meet its urban water usetarget until 2020 pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10608.24, an urbanretail water supplier’s failure to meet those targets shall not establish aviolation of law for purposes of any state administrative or judicialproceeding prior to January 1, 2021. Nothing in this paragraph limits theuse of data reported to the department or the board in litigation or an

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administrative proceeding. This paragraph shall become inoperative onJanuary 1, 2021.

(3) To the extent feasible, the department and the board shall provide forthe use of water conservation reports required under this part to meet therequirements of Section 1011 for water conservation reporting.

(b) This part does not limit or otherwise affect the application of Chapter3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Chapter 4 (commencing with Section11370), Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400), and Chapter 5(commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of theGovernment Code.

(c) This part does not require a reduction in the total water used in theagricultural or urban sectors, because other factors, including, but not limitedto, changes in agricultural economics or population growth may have greatereffects on water use. This part does not limit the economic productivity ofCalifornia’s agricultural, commercial, or industrial sectors.

(d) The requirements of this part do not apply to an agricultural watersupplier that is a party to the Quantification Settlement Agreement, asdefined in subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Chapter 617 of the Statutes of2002, during the period within which the Quantification SettlementAgreement remains in effect. After the expiration of the QuantificationSettlement Agreement, to the extent conservation water projects implementedas part of the Quantification Settlement Agreement remain in effect, theconserved water created as part of those projects shall be credited againstthe obligations of the agricultural water supplier pursuant to this part.

Chapter 2. Definitions

10608.12. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitionsgovern the construction of this part:

(a) “Agricultural water supplier” means a water supplier, either publiclyor privately owned, providing water to 10,000 or more irrigated acres,excluding recycled water. “Agricultural water supplier” includes a supplieror contractor for water, regardless of the basis of right, that distributes orsells water for ultimate resale to customers. “Agricultural water supplier”does not include the department.

(b) “Base daily per capita water use” means any of the following:(1) The urban retail water supplier’s estimate of its average gross water

use, reported in gallons per capita per day and calculated over a continuous10-year period ending no earlier than December 31, 2004, and no later thanDecember 31, 2010.

(2) For an urban retail water supplier that meets at least 10 percent of its2008 measured retail water demand through recycled water that is deliveredwithin the service area of an urban retail water supplier or its urban wholesalewater supplier, the urban retail water supplier may extend the calculationdescribed in paragraph (1) up to an additional five years to a maximum of

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a continuous 15-year period ending no earlier than December 31, 2004, andno later than December 31, 2010.

(3) For the purposes of Section 10608.22, the urban retail water supplier’sestimate of its average gross water use, reported in gallons per capita perday and calculated over a continuous five-year period ending no earlier thanDecember 31, 2007, and no later than December 31, 2010.

(c) “Baseline commercial, industrial, and institutional water use” meansan urban retail water supplier’s base daily per capita water use forcommercial, industrial, and institutional users.

(d) “Commercial water user” means a water user that provides ordistributes a product or service.

(e) “Compliance daily per capita water use” means the gross water useduring the final year of the reporting period, reported in gallons per capitaper day.

(f) “Disadvantaged community” means a community with an annualmedian household income that is less than 80 percent of the statewide annualmedian household income.

(g) “Gross water use” means the total volume of water, whether treatedor untreated, entering the distribution system of an urban retail watersupplier, excluding all of the following:

(1) Recycled water that is delivered within the service area of an urbanretail water supplier or its urban wholesale water supplier.

(2) The net volume of water that the urban retail water supplier placesinto long-term storage.

(3) The volume of water the urban retail water supplier conveys for useby another urban water supplier.

(4) The volume of water delivered for agricultural use, except as otherwiseprovided in subdivision (f) of Section 10608.24.

(h) “Industrial water user” means a water user that is primarily amanufacturer or processor of materials as defined by the North AmericanIndustry Classification System code sectors 31 to 33, inclusive, or an entitythat is a water user primarily engaged in research and development.

(i) “Institutional water user” means a water user dedicated to publicservice. This type of user includes, among other users, higher educationinstitutions, schools, courts, churches, hospitals, government facilities, andnonprofit research institutions.

(j) “Interim urban water use target” means the midpoint between theurban retail water supplier’s base daily per capita water use and the urbanretail water supplier’s urban water use target for 2020.

(k) “Locally cost effective” means that the present value of the localbenefits of implementing an agricultural efficiency water managementpractice is greater than or equal to the present value of the local cost ofimplementing that measure.

(l) “Process water” means water used for producing a product or productcontent or water used for research and development, including, but notlimited to, continuous manufacturing processes, water used for testing andmaintaining equipment used in producing a product or product content, and

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water used in combined heat and power facilities used in producing a productor product content. Process water does not mean incidental water uses notrelated to the production of a product or product content, including, but notlimited to, water used for restrooms, landscaping, air conditioning, heating,kitchens, and laundry.

(m) “Recycled water” means recycled water, as defined in subdivision(n) of Section 13050, that is used to offset potable demand, includingrecycled water supplied for direct use and indirect potable reuse, that meetsthe following requirements, where applicable:

(1) For groundwater recharge, including recharge through spreadingbasins, water supplies that are all of the following:

(A) Metered.(B) Developed through planned investment by the urban water supplier

or a wastewater treatment agency.(C) Treated to a minimum tertiary level.(D) Delivered within the service area of an urban retail water supplier

or its urban wholesale water supplier that helps an urban retail water suppliermeet its urban water use target.

(2) For reservoir augmentation, water supplies that meet the criteria ofparagraph (1) and are conveyed through a distribution system constructedspecifically for recycled water.

(n) “Regional water resources management” means sources of supplyresulting from watershed-based planning for sustainable local waterreliability or any of the following alternative sources of water:

(1) The capture and reuse of stormwater or rainwater.(2) The use of recycled water.(3) The desalination of brackish groundwater.(4) The conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater in a manner

that is consistent with the safe yield of the groundwater basin.(o) “Reporting period” means the years for which an urban retail water

supplier reports compliance with the urban water use targets.(p) “Urban retail water supplier” means a water supplier, either publicly

or privately owned, that directly provides potable municipal water to morethan 3,000 end users or that supplies more than 3,000 acre-feet of potablewater annually at retail for municipal purposes.

(q) “Urban water use target” means the urban retail water supplier’stargeted future daily per capita water use.

(r) “Urban wholesale water supplier,” means a water supplier, eitherpublicly or privately owned, that provides more than 3,000 acre-feet ofwater annually at wholesale for potable municipal purposes.

Chapter 3. Urban Retail Water Suppliers

10608.16. (a) The state shall achieve a 20-percent reduction in urbanper capita water use in California on or before December 31, 2020.

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(b) The state shall make incremental progress towards the state targetspecified in subdivision (a) by reducing urban per capita water use by atleast 10 percent on or before December 31, 2015.

10608.20. (a) (1) Each urban retail water supplier shall develop urbanwater use targets and an interim urban water use target by July 1, 2011.Urban retail water suppliers may elect to determine and report progresstoward achieving these targets on an individual or regional basis, as providedin subdivision (a) of Section 10608.28, and may determine the targets on afiscal year or calendar year basis.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the urban water use targetsdescribed in subdivision (a) cumulatively result in a 20-percent reductionfrom the baseline daily per capita water use by December 31, 2020.

(b) An urban retail water supplier shall adopt one of the followingmethods for determining its urban water use target pursuant to subdivision(a):

(1) Eighty percent of the urban retail water supplier’s baseline per capitadaily water use.

(2) The per capita daily water use that is estimated using the sum of thefollowing performance standards:

(A) For indoor residential water use, 55 gallons per capita daily wateruse as a provisional standard. Upon completion of the department’s 2016report to the Legislature pursuant to Section 10608.42, this standard maybe adjusted by the Legislature by statute.

(B) For landscape irrigated through dedicated or residential meters orconnections, water efficiency equivalent to the standards of the Model WaterEfficient Landscape Ordinance set forth in Chapter 2.7 (commencing withSection 490) of Division 2 of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations,as in effect the later of the year of the landscape’s installation or 1992. Anurban retail water supplier using the approach specified in this subparagraphshall use satellite imagery, site visits, or other best available technology todevelop an accurate estimate of landscaped areas.

(C) For commercial, industrial, and institutional uses, a 10-percentreduction in water use from the baseline commercial, industrial, andinstitutional water use by 2020.

(3) Ninety-five percent of the applicable state hydrologic region target,as set forth in the state’s draft 20x2020 Water Conservation Plan (datedApril 30, 2009). If the service area of an urban water supplier includes morethan one hydrologic region, the supplier shall apportion its service area toeach region based on population or area.

(4) A method that shall be identified and developed by the department,through a public process, and reported to the Legislature no later thanDecember 31, 2010. The method developed by the department shall identifyper capita targets that cumulatively result in a statewide 20-percent reductionin urban daily per capita water use by December 31, 2020. In developingurban daily per capita water use targets, the department shall do all of thefollowing:

(A) Consider climatic differences within the state.

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(B) Consider population density differences within the state.(C) Provide flexibility to communities and regions in meeting the targets.(D) Consider different levels of per capita water use according to plant

water needs in different regions.(E) Consider different levels of commercial, industrial, and institutional

water use in different regions of the state.(F) Avoid placing an undue hardship on communities that have

implemented conservation measures or taken actions to keep per capitawater use low.

(c) If the department adopts a regulation pursuant to paragraph (4) ofsubdivision (b) that results in a requirement that an urban retail water supplierachieve a reduction in daily per capita water use that is greater than 20percent by December 31, 2020, an urban retail water supplier that adoptedthe method described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) may limit its urbanwater use target to a reduction of not more than 20 percent by December31, 2020, by adopting the method described in paragraph (1) of subdivision(b).

(d) The department shall update the method described in paragraph (4)of subdivision (b) and report to the Legislature by December 31, 2014. Anurban retail water supplier that adopted the method described in paragraph(4) of subdivision (b) may adopt a new urban daily per capita water usetarget pursuant to this updated method.

(e) An urban retail water supplier shall include in its urban watermanagement plan required pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section10610) due in 2010 the baseline daily per capita water use, urban water usetarget, interim urban water use target, and compliance daily per capita wateruse, along with the bases for determining those estimates, includingreferences to supporting data.

(f) When calculating per capita values for the purposes of this chapter,an urban retail water supplier shall determine population using federal, state,and local population reports and projections.

(g) An urban retail water supplier may update its 2020 urban water usetarget in its 2015 urban water management plan required pursuant to Part2.6 (commencing with Section 10610).

(h) (1) The department, through a public process and in consultationwith the California Urban Water Conservation Council, shall developtechnical methodologies and criteria for the consistent implementation ofthis part, including, but not limited to, both of the following:

(A) Methodologies for calculating base daily per capita water use,baseline commercial, industrial, and institutional water use, compliancedaily per capita water use, gross water use, service area population, indoorresidential water use, and landscaped area water use.

(B) Criteria for adjustments pursuant to subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section10608.24.

(2) The department shall post the methodologies and criteria developedpursuant to this subdivision on its Internet Web site, and make written copies

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available, by October 1, 2010. An urban retail water supplier shall use themethods developed by the department in compliance with this part.

(i) (1) The department shall adopt regulations for implementation of theprovisions relating to process water in accordance with subdivision (l) ofSection 10608.12, subdivision (e) of Section 10608.24, and subdivision (d)of Section 10608.26.

(2) The initial adoption of a regulation authorized by this subdivision isdeemed to address an emergency, for purposes of Sections 11346.1 and11349.6 of the Government Code, and the department is hereby exemptedfor that purpose from the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 11346.1of the Government Code. After the initial adoption of an emergencyregulation pursuant to this subdivision, the department shall not requestapproval from the Office of Administrative Law to readopt the regulationas an emergency regulation pursuant to Section 11346.1 of the GovernmentCode.

(j) An urban retail water supplier shall be granted an extension to July1, 2011, for adoption of an urban water management plan pursuant to Part2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) due in 2010 to allow use of technicalmethodologies developed by the department pursuant to paragraph (4) ofsubdivision (b) and subdivision (h). An urban retail water supplier thatadopts an urban water management plan due in 2010 that does not use themethodologies developed by the department pursuant to subdivision (h)shall amend the plan by July 1, 2011, to comply with this part.

10608.22. Notwithstanding the method adopted by an urban retail watersupplier pursuant to Section 10608.20, an urban retail water supplier’s percapita daily water use reduction shall be no less than 5 percent of base dailyper capita water use as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section10608.12. This section does not apply to an urban retail water supplier witha base daily per capita water use at or below 100 gallons per capita per day.

10608.24. (a) Each urban retail water supplier shall meet its interimurban water use target by December 31, 2015.

(b) Each urban retail water supplier shall meet its urban water use targetby December 31, 2020.

(c) An urban retail water supplier’s compliance daily per capita wateruse shall be the measure of progress toward achievement of its urban wateruse target.

(d) (1) When determining compliance daily per capita water use, anurban retail water supplier may consider the following factors:

(A) Differences in evapotranspiration and rainfall in the baseline periodcompared to the compliance reporting period.

(B) Substantial changes to commercial or industrial water use resultingfrom increased business output and economic development that haveoccurred during the reporting period.

(C) Substantial changes to institutional water use resulting from firesuppression services or other extraordinary events, or from new or expandedoperations, that have occurred during the reporting period.

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(2) If the urban retail water supplier elects to adjust its estimate ofcompliance daily per capita water use due to one or more of the factorsdescribed in paragraph (1), it shall provide the basis for, and data supporting,the adjustment in the report required by Section 10608.40.

(e) When developing the urban water use target pursuant to Section10608.20, an urban retail water supplier that has a substantial percentageof industrial water use in its service area, may exclude process water fromthe calculation of gross water use to avoid a disproportionate burden onanother customer sector.

(f) (1) An urban retail water supplier that includes agricultural water usein an urban water management plan pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing withSection 10610) may include the agricultural water use in determining grosswater use. An urban retail water supplier that includes agricultural wateruse in determining gross water use and develops its urban water use targetpursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 10608.20 shall usea water efficient standard for agricultural irrigation of 100 percent ofreference evapotranspiration multiplied by the crop coefficient for irrigatedacres.

(2) An urban retail water supplier, that is also an agricultural watersupplier, is not subject to the requirements of Chapter 4 (commencing withSection 10608.48), if the agricultural water use is incorporated into its urbanwater use target pursuant to paragraph (1).

10608.26. (a) In complying with this part, an urban retail water suppliershall conduct at least one public hearing to accomplish all of the following:

(1) Allow community input regarding the urban retail water supplier’simplementation plan for complying with this part.

(2) Consider the economic impacts of the urban retail water supplier’simplementation plan for complying with this part.

(3) Adopt a method, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10608.20,for determining its urban water use target.

(b) In complying with this part, an urban retail water supplier may meetits urban water use target through efficiency improvements in anycombination among its customer sectors. An urban retail water suppliershall avoid placing a disproportionate burden on any customer sector.

(c) For an urban retail water supplier that supplies water to a UnitedStates Department of Defense military installation, the urban retail watersupplier’s implementation plan for complying with this part shall considerthe United States Department of Defense military installation’s requirementsunder federal Executive Order 13423.

(d) (1) Any ordinance or resolution adopted by an urban retail watersupplier after the effective date of this section shall not require existingcustomers as of the effective date of this section, to undertake changes inproduct formulation, operations, or equipment that would reduce processwater use, but may provide technical assistance and financial incentives tothose customers to implement efficiency measures for process water. Thissection shall not limit an ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to adeclaration of drought emergency by an urban retail water supplier.

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(2) This part shall not be construed or enforced so as to interfere withthe requirements of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 113980) to Chapter13 (commencing with Section 114380), inclusive, of Part 7 of Division 104of the Health and Safety Code, or any requirement or standard for theprotection of public health, public safety, or worker safety established byfederal, state, or local government or recommended by recognized standardsetting organizations or trade associations.

10608.28. (a) An urban retail water supplier may meet its urban wateruse target within its retail service area, or through mutual agreement, byany of the following:

(1) Through an urban wholesale water supplier.(2) Through a regional agency authorized to plan and implement water

conservation, including, but not limited to, an agency established under theBay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Act (Division 31(commencing with Section 81300)).

(3) Through a regional water management group as defined in Section10537.

(4) By an integrated regional water management funding area.(5) By hydrologic region.(6) Through other appropriate geographic scales for which computation

methods have been developed by the department.(b) A regional water management group, with the written consent of its

member agencies, may undertake any or all planning, reporting, andimplementation functions under this chapter for the member agencies thatconsent to those activities. Any data or reports shall provide informationboth for the regional water management group and separately for eachconsenting urban retail water supplier and urban wholesale water supplier.

10608.32. All costs incurred pursuant to this part by a water utilityregulated by the Public Utilities Commission may be recoverable in ratessubject to review and approval by the Public Utilities Commission, and maybe recorded in a memorandum account and reviewed for reasonableness bythe Public Utilities Commission.

10608.36. Urban wholesale water suppliers shall include in the urbanwater management plans required pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing withSection 10610) an assessment of their present and proposed future measures,programs, and policies to help achieve the water use reductions required bythis part.

10608.40. Urban water retail suppliers shall report to the department ontheir progress in meeting their urban water use targets as part of their urbanwater management plans submitted pursuant to Section 10631. The datashall be reported using a standardized form developed pursuant to Section10608.52.

10608.42. The department shall review the 2015 urban watermanagement plans and report to the Legislature by December 31, 2016, onprogress towards achieving a 20-percent reduction in urban water use byDecember 31, 2020. The report shall include recommendations on changesto water efficiency standards or urban water use targets in order to achieve

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the 20-percent reduction and to reflect updated efficiency information andtechnology changes.

10608.43. The department, in conjunction with the California UrbanWater Conservation Council, by April 1, 2010, shall convene a representativetask force consisting of academic experts, urban retail water suppliers,environmental organizations, commercial water users, industrial water users,and institutional water users to develop alternative best management practicesfor commercial, industrial, and institutional users and an assessment of thepotential statewide water use efficiency improvement in the commercial,industrial, and institutional sectors that would result from implementationof these best management practices. The taskforce, in conjunction with thedepartment, shall submit a report to the Legislature by April 1, 2012, thatshall include a review of multiple sectors within commercial, industrial,and institutional users and that shall recommend water use efficiencystandards for commercial, industrial, and institutional users among varioussectors of water use. The report shall include, but not be limited to, thefollowing:

(a) Appropriate metrics for evaluating commercial, industrial, andinstitutional water use.

(b) Evaluation of water demands for manufacturing processes, goods,and cooling.

(c) Evaluation of public infrastructure necessary for delivery of recycledwater to the commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors.

(d) Evaluation of institutional and economic barriers to increased recycledwater use within the commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors.

(e) Identification of technical feasibility and cost of the best managementpractices to achieve more efficient water use statewide in the commercial,industrial, and institutional sectors that is consistent with the public interestand reflects past investments in water use efficiency.

10608.44. Each state agency shall reduce water use on facilities itoperates to support urban retail water suppliers in meeting the targetidentified in Section 10608.16.

Chapter 4. Agricultural Water Suppliers

10608.48. (a) On or before July 31, 2012, an agricultural water suppliershall implement efficient water management practices pursuant tosubdivisions (b) and (c).

(b) Agricultural water suppliers shall implement all of the followingcritical efficient management practices:

(1) Measure the volume of water delivered to customers with sufficientaccuracy to comply with subdivision (a) of Section 531.10 and to implementparagraph (2).

(2) Adopt a pricing structure for water customers based at least in parton quantity delivered.

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(c) Agricultural water suppliers shall implement additional efficientmanagement practices, including, but not limited to, practices to accomplishall of the following, if the measures are locally cost effective and technicallyfeasible:

(1) Facilitate alternative land use for lands with exceptionally high waterduties or whose irrigation contributes to significant problems, includingdrainage.

(2) Facilitate use of available recycled water that otherwise would notbe used beneficially, meets all health and safety criteria, and does not harmcrops or soils.

(3) Facilitate the financing of capital improvements for on-farm irrigationsystems.

(4) Implement an incentive pricing structure that promotes one or moreof the following goals:

(A) More efficient water use at the farm level.(B) Conjunctive use of groundwater.(C) Appropriate increase of groundwater recharge.(D) Reduction in problem drainage.(E) Improved management of environmental resources.(F) Effective management of all water sources throughout the year by

adjusting seasonal pricing structures based on current conditions.(5) Expand line or pipe distribution systems, and construct regulatory

reservoirs to increase distribution system flexibility and capacity, decreasemaintenance, and reduce seepage.

(6) Increase flexibility in water ordering by, and delivery to, watercustomers within operational limits.

(7) Construct and operate supplier spill and tailwater recovery systems.(8) Increase planned conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater

within the supplier service area.(9) Automate canal control structures.(10) Facilitate or promote customer pump testing and evaluation.(11) Designate a water conservation coordinator who will develop and

implement the water management plan and prepare progress reports.(12) Provide for the availability of water management services to water

users. These services may include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(A) On-farm irrigation and drainage system evaluations.(B) Normal year and real-time irrigation scheduling and crop

evapotranspiration information.(C) Surface water, groundwater, and drainage water quantity and quality

data.(D) Agricultural water management educational programs and materials

for farmers, staff, and the public.(13) Evaluate the policies of agencies that provide the supplier with water

to identify the potential for institutional changes to allow more flexiblewater deliveries and storage.

(14) Evaluate and improve the efficiencies of the supplier’s pumps.

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(d) Agricultural water suppliers shall include in the agricultural watermanagement plans required pursuant to Part 2.8 (commencing with Section10800) a report on which efficient water management practices have beenimplemented and are planned to be implemented, an estimate of the wateruse efficiency improvements that have occurred since the last report, andan estimate of the water use efficiency improvements estimated to occurfive and 10 years in the future. If an agricultural water supplier determinesthat an efficient water management practice is not locally cost effective ortechnically feasible, the supplier shall submit information documenting thatdetermination.

(e) The data shall be reported using a standardized form developedpursuant to Section 10608.52.

(f) An agricultural water supplier may meet the requirements ofsubdivisions (d) and (e) by submitting to the department a water conservationplan submitted to the United States Bureau of Reclamation that meets therequirements described in Section 10828.

(g) On or before December 31, 2013, December 31, 2016, and December31, 2021, the department, in consultation with the board, shall submit to theLegislature a report on the agricultural efficient water management practicesthat have been implemented and are planned to be implemented and anassessment of the manner in which the implementation of those efficientwater management practices has affected and will affect agriculturaloperations, including estimated water use efficiency improvements, if any.

(h) The department may update the efficient water management practicesrequired pursuant to subdivision (c), in consultation with the AgriculturalWater Management Council, the United States Bureau of Reclamation, andthe board. All efficient water management practices for agricultural wateruse pursuant to this chapter shall be adopted or revised by the departmentonly after the department conducts public hearings to allow participationof the diverse geographical areas and interests of the state.

(i) (1) The department shall adopt regulations that provide for a rangeof options that agricultural water suppliers may use or implement to complywith the measurement requirement in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b).

(2) The initial adoption of a regulation authorized by this subdivision isdeemed to address an emergency, for purposes of Sections 11346.1 and11349.6 of the Government Code, and the department is hereby exemptedfor that purpose from the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 11346.1of the Government Code. After the initial adoption of an emergencyregulation pursuant to this subdivision, the department shall not requestapproval from the Office of Administrative Law to readopt the regulationas an emergency regulation pursuant to Section 11346.1 of the GovernmentCode.

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Chapter 5. Sustainable Water Management

10608.50. (a) The department, in consultation with the board, shallpromote implementation of regional water resources management practicesthrough increased incentives and removal of barriers consistent with stateand federal law. Potential changes may include, but are not limited to, allof the following:

(1) Revisions to the requirements for urban and agricultural watermanagement plans.

(2) Revisions to the requirements for integrated regional watermanagement plans.

(3) Revisions to the eligibility for state water management grants andloans.

(4) Revisions to state or local permitting requirements that increase watersupply opportunities, but do not weaken water quality protection under stateand federal law.

(5) Increased funding for research, feasibility studies, and projectconstruction.

(6) Expanding technical and educational support for local land use andwater management agencies.

(b) No later than January 1, 2011, and updated as part of the CaliforniaWater Plan, the department, in consultation with the board, and with publicinput, shall propose new statewide targets, or review and update existingstatewide targets, for regional water resources management practices,including, but not limited to, recycled water, brackish groundwaterdesalination, and infiltration and direct use of urban stormwater runoff.

Chapter 6. Standardized Data Collection

10608.52. (a) The department, in consultation with the board, theCalifornia Bay-Delta Authority or its successor agency, the State Departmentof Public Health, and the Public Utilities Commission, shall develop a singlestandardized water use reporting form to meet the water use informationneeds of each agency, including the needs of urban water suppliers that electto determine and report progress toward achieving targets on a regionalbasis as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 10608.28.

(b) At a minimum, the form shall be developed to accommodateinformation sufficient to assess an urban water supplier’s compliance withconservation targets pursuant to Section 10608.24 and an agricultural watersupplier’s compliance with implementation of efficient water managementpractices pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10608.48. The form shallaccommodate reporting by urban water suppliers on an individual or regionalbasis as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 10608.28.

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Chapter 7. Funding Provisions

10608.56. (a) On and after July 1, 2016, an urban retail water supplieris not eligible for a water grant or loan awarded or administered by the stateunless the supplier complies with this part.

(b) On and after July 1, 2013, an agricultural water supplier is not eligiblefor a water grant or loan awarded or administered by the state unless thesupplier complies with this part.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the department shall determine thatan urban retail water supplier is eligible for a water grant or loan even thoughthe supplier has not met the per capita reductions required pursuant to Section10608.24, if the urban retail water supplier has submitted to the departmentfor approval a schedule, financing plan, and budget, to be included in thegrant or loan agreement, for achieving the per capita reductions. The suppliermay request grant or loan funds to achieve the per capita reductions to theextent the request is consistent with the eligibility requirements applicableto the water funds.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the department shall determine thatan agricultural water supplier is eligible for a water grant or loan even thoughthe supplier is not implementing all of the efficient water managementpractices described in Section 10608.48, if the agricultural water supplierhas submitted to the department for approval a schedule, financing plan,and budget, to be included in the grant or loan agreement, for implementationof the efficient water management practices. The supplier may request grantor loan funds to implement the efficient water management practices to theextent the request is consistent with the eligibility requirements applicableto the water funds.

(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the department shall determine thatan urban retail water supplier is eligible for a water grant or loan even thoughthe supplier has not met the per capita reductions required pursuant to Section10608.24, if the urban retail water supplier has submitted to the departmentfor approval documentation demonstrating that its entire service areaqualifies as a disadvantaged community.

(f) The department shall not deny eligibility to an urban retail watersupplier or agricultural water supplier in compliance with the requirementsof this part and Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 10800), that isparticipating in a multiagency water project, or an integrated regional watermanagement plan, developed pursuant to Section 75026 of the PublicResources Code, solely on the basis that one or more of the agenciesparticipating in the project or plan is not implementing all of the requirementsof this part or Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 10800).

10608.60. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds made availableby Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code should be expended,consistent with Division 43 (commencing with Section 75001) of the PublicResources Code and upon appropriation by the Legislature, for grants toimplement this part. In the allocation of funding, it is the intent of the

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Legislature that the department give consideration to disadvantagedcommunities to assist in implementing the requirements of this part.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds made available by Section75041 of the Public Resources Code, should be expended, consistent withDivision 43 (commencing with Section 75001) of the Public ResourcesCode and upon appropriation by the Legislature, for direct expenditures toimplement this part.

Chapter 8. Quantifying Agricultural Water Use Efficiency

10608.64. The department, in consultation with the Agricultural WaterManagement Council, academic experts, and other stakeholders, shalldevelop a methodology for quantifying the efficiency of agricultural wateruse. Alternatives to be assessed shall include, but not be limited to,determination of efficiency levels based on crop type or irrigation systemdistribution uniformity. On or before December 31, 2011, the departmentshall report to the Legislature on a proposed methodology and a plan forimplementation. The plan shall include the estimated implementation costsand the types of data needed to support the methodology. Nothing in thissection authorizes the department to implement a methodology establishedpursuant to this section.

SEC. 2. Section 10631.5 of the Water Code is amended to read:10631.5. (a) (1) Beginning January 1, 2009, the terms of, and eligibility

for, a water management grant or loan made to an urban water supplier andawarded or administered by the department, state board, or CaliforniaBay-Delta Authority or its successor agency shall be conditioned on theimplementation of the water demand management measures described inSection 10631, as determined by the department pursuant to subdivision(b).

(2) For the purposes of this section, water management grants and loansinclude funding for programs and projects for surface water or groundwaterstorage, recycling, desalination, water conservation, water supply reliability,and water supply augmentation. This section does not apply to watermanagement projects funded by the federal American Recovery andReinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the department shall determine thatan urban water supplier is eligible for a water management grant or loaneven though the supplier is not implementing all of the water demandmanagement measures described in Section 10631, if the urban watersupplier has submitted to the department for approval a schedule, financingplan, and budget, to be included in the grant or loan agreement, forimplementation of the water demand management measures. The suppliermay request grant or loan funds to implement the water demand managementmeasures to the extent the request is consistent with the eligibilityrequirements applicable to the water management funds.

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(4) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the department shall determinethat an urban water supplier is eligible for a water management grant orloan even though the supplier is not implementing all of the water demandmanagement measures described in Section 10631, if an urban water suppliersubmits to the department for approval documentation demonstrating thata water demand management measure is not locally cost effective. If thedepartment determines that the documentation submitted by the urban watersupplier fails to demonstrate that a water demand management measure isnot locally cost effective, the department shall notify the urban water supplierand the agency administering the grant or loan program within 120 daysthat the documentation does not satisfy the requirements for an exemption,and include in that notification a detailed statement to support thedetermination.

(B) For purposes of this paragraph, “not locally cost effective” meansthat the present value of the local benefits of implementing a water demandmanagement measure is less than the present value of the local costs ofimplementing that measure.

(b) (1) The department, in consultation with the state board and theCalifornia Bay-Delta Authority or its successor agency, and after solicitingpublic comment regarding eligibility requirements, shall develop eligibilityrequirements to implement the requirement of paragraph (1) of subdivision(a). In establishing these eligibility requirements, the department shall doboth of the following:

(A) Consider the conservation measures described in the Memorandumof Understanding Regarding Urban Water Conservation in California, andalternative conservation approaches that provide equal or greater watersavings.

(B) Recognize the different legal, technical, fiscal, and practical rolesand responsibilities of wholesale water suppliers and retail water suppliers.

(2) (A) For the purposes of this section, the department shall determinewhether an urban water supplier is implementing all of the water demandmanagement measures described in Section 10631 based on either, or acombination, of the following:

(i) Compliance on an individual basis.(ii) Compliance on a regional basis. Regional compliance shall require

participation in a regional conservation program consisting of two or moreurban water suppliers that achieves the level of conservation or waterefficiency savings equivalent to the amount of conservation or savingsachieved if each of the participating urban water suppliers implemented thewater demand management measures. The urban water supplieradministering the regional program shall provide participating urban watersuppliers and the department with data to demonstrate that the regionalprogram is consistent with this clause. The department shall review the datato determine whether the urban water suppliers in the regional program aremeeting the eligibility requirements.

(B) The department may require additional information for anydetermination pursuant to this section.

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(3) The department shall not deny eligibility to an urban water supplierin compliance with the requirements of this section that is participating ina multiagency water project, or an integrated regional water managementplan, developed pursuant to Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code,solely on the basis that one or more of the agencies participating in theproject or plan is not implementing all of the water demand managementmeasures described in Section 10631.

(c) In establishing guidelines pursuant to the specific fundingauthorization for any water management grant or loan program subject tothis section, the agency administering the grant or loan program shall includein the guidelines the eligibility requirements developed by the departmentpursuant to subdivision (b).

(d) Upon receipt of a water management grant or loan application by anagency administering a grant and loan program subject to this section, theagency shall request an eligibility determination from the department withrespect to the requirements of this section. The department shall respond tothe request within 60 days of the request.

(e) The urban water supplier may submit to the department copies of itsannual reports and other relevant documents to assist the department indetermining whether the urban water supplier is implementing or schedulingthe implementation of water demand management activities. In addition,for urban water suppliers that are signatories to the Memorandum ofUnderstanding Regarding Urban Water Conservation in California andsubmit biennial reports to the California Urban Water Conservation Councilin accordance with the memorandum, the department may use these reportsto assist in tracking the implementation of water demand managementmeasures.

(f) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2016, and as ofthat date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted beforeJuly 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date.

SEC. 3. Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 10800) of Division 6 of theWater Code is repealed.

SEC. 4. Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 10800) is added to Division6 of the Water Code, to read:

PART 2.8. AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING

Chapter 1. General Declarations and Policy

10800. This part shall be known and may be cited as the AgriculturalWater Management Planning Act.

10801. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The waters of the state are a limited and renewable resource.(b) The California Constitution requires that water in the state be used

in a reasonable and beneficial manner.(c) Urban water districts are required to adopt water management plans.

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(d) The conservation of agricultural water supplies is of great statewideconcern.

(e) There is a great amount of reuse of delivered water, both inside andoutside the water service areas.

(f) Significant noncrop beneficial uses are associated with agriculturalwater use, including streamflows and wildlife habitat.

(g) Significant opportunities exist in some areas, through improvedirrigation water management, to conserve water or to reduce the quantityof highly saline or toxic drainage water.

(h) Changes in water management practices should be carefully plannedand implemented to minimize adverse effects on other beneficial usescurrently being served.

(i) Agricultural water suppliers that receive water from the federal CentralValley Project are required by federal law to prepare and implement waterconservation plans.

(j) Agricultural water users applying for a permit to appropriate waterfrom the board are required to prepare and implement water conservationplans.

10802. The Legislature finds and declares that all of the following arethe policies of the state:

(a) The conservation of water shall be pursued actively to protect boththe people of the state and the state’s water resources.

(b) The conservation of agricultural water supplies shall be an importantcriterion in public decisions with regard to water.

(c) Agricultural water suppliers shall be required to prepare watermanagement plans to achieve conservation of water.

Chapter 2. Definitions

10810. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forthin this chapter govern the construction of this part.

10811. “Agricultural water management plan” or “plan” means anagricultural water management plan prepared pursuant to this part.

10812. “Agricultural water supplier” has the same meaning as definedin Section 10608.12.

10813. “Customer” means a purchaser of water from a water supplierwho uses water for agricultural purposes.

10814. “Person” means any individual, firm, association, organization,partnership, business, trust, corporation, company, public agency, or anyagency of that entity.

10815. “Public agency” means any city, county, city and county, specialdistrict, or other public entity.

10816. “Urban water supplier” has the same meaning as set forth inSection 10617.

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10817. “Water conservation” means the efficient management of waterresources for beneficial uses, preventing waste, or accomplishing additionalbenefits with the same amount of water.

Chapter 3. Agricultural Water Management Plans

Article 1. General Provisions

10820. (a) An agricultural water supplier shall prepare and adopt anagricultural water management plan in the manner set forth in this chapteron or before December 31, 2012, and shall update that plan on December31, 2015, and on or before December 31 every five years thereafter.

(b) Every supplier that becomes an agricultural water supplier afterDecember 31, 2012, shall prepare and adopt an agricultural watermanagement plan within one year after the date it has become an agriculturalwater supplier.

(c) A water supplier that indirectly provides water to customers foragricultural purposes shall not prepare a plan pursuant to this part withoutthe consent of each agricultural water supplier that directly provides thatwater to its customers.

10821. (a) An agricultural water supplier required to prepare a planpursuant to this part shall notify each city or county within which the supplierprovides water supplies that the agricultural water supplier will be preparingthe plan or reviewing the plan and considering amendments or changes tothe plan. The agricultural water supplier may consult with, and obtaincomments from, each city or county that receives notice pursuant to thissubdivision.

(b) The amendments to, or changes in, the plan shall be adopted andsubmitted in the manner set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section10840).

Article 2. Contents of Plans

10825. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this part to allowlevels of water management planning commensurate with the numbers ofcustomers served and the volume of water supplied.

(b) This part does not require the implementation of water conservationprograms or practices that are not locally cost effective.

10826. An agricultural water management plan shall be adopted inaccordance with this chapter. The plan shall do all of the following:

(a) Describe the agricultural water supplier and the service area, includingall of the following:

(1) Size of the service area.(2) Location of the service area and its water management facilities.(3) Terrain and soils.(4) Climate.

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(5) Operating rules and regulations.(6) Water delivery measurements or calculations.(7) Water rate schedules and billing.(8) Water shortage allocation policies.(b) Describe the quantity and quality of water resources of the agricultural

water supplier, including all of the following:(1) Surface water supply.(2) Groundwater supply.(3) Other water supplies.(4) Source water quality monitoring practices.(5) Water uses within the agricultural water supplier’s service area,

including all of the following:(A) Agricultural.(B) Environmental.(C) Recreational.(D) Municipal and industrial.(E) Groundwater recharge.(F) Transfers and exchanges.(G) Other water uses.(6) Drainage from the water supplier’s service area.(7) Water accounting, including all of the following:(A) Quantifying the water supplier’s water supplies.(B) Tabulating water uses.(C) Overall water budget.(8) Water supply reliability.(c) Include an analysis, based on available information, of the effect of

climate change on future water supplies.(d) Describe previous water management activities.(e) Include in the plan the water use efficiency information required

pursuant to Section 10608.48.10827. Agricultural water suppliers that are members of the Agricultural

Water Management Council, and that submit water management plans tothat council in accordance with the “Memorandum of UnderstandingRegarding Efficient Water Management Practices By Agricultural WaterSuppliers In California,” dated January 1, 1999, may submit the watermanagement plans identifying water demand management measures currentlybeing implemented, or scheduled for implementation, to satisfy therequirements of Section 10826.

10828. (a) Agricultural water suppliers that are required to submit waterconservation plans to the United States Bureau of Reclamation pursuant toeither the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (Public Law 102-575)or the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, or both, may submit those waterconservation plans to satisfy the requirements of Section 10826, if both ofthe following apply:

(1) The agricultural water supplier has adopted and submitted the waterconservation plan to the United States Bureau of Reclamation within theprevious four years.

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(2) The United States Bureau of Reclamation has accepted the waterconservation plan as adequate.

(b) This part does not require agricultural water suppliers that are requiredto submit water conservation plans to the United States Bureau ofReclamation pursuant to either the Central Valley Project Improvement Act(Public Law 102-575) or the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, or both, toprepare and adopt water conservation plans according to a schedule that isdifferent from that required by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.

10829. An agricultural water supplier may satisfy the requirements ofthis part by adopting an urban water management plan pursuant to Part 2.6(commencing with Section 10610) or by participation in areawide, regional,watershed, or basinwide water management planning if those plans meetor exceed the requirements of this part.

Article 3. Adoption and Implementation of Plans

10840. Every agricultural water supplier shall prepare its plan pursuantto Article 2 (commencing with Section 10825).

10841. Prior to adopting a plan, the agricultural water supplier shallmake the proposed plan available for public inspection, and shall hold apublic hearing on the plan. Prior to the hearing, notice of the time and placeof hearing shall be published within the jurisdiction of the publicly ownedagricultural water supplier pursuant to Section 6066 of the GovernmentCode. A privately owned agricultural water supplier shall provide anequivalent notice within its service area and shall provide a reasonablyequivalent opportunity that would otherwise be afforded through a publichearing process for interested parties to provide input on the plan. After thehearing, the plan shall be adopted as prepared or as modified during or afterthe hearing.

10842. An agricultural water supplier shall implement the plan adoptedpursuant to this chapter in accordance with the schedule set forth in its plan,as determined by the governing body of the agricultural water supplier.

10843. (a) An agricultural water supplier shall submit to the entitiesidentified in subdivision (b) a copy of its plan no later than 30 days afterthe adoption of the plan. Copies of amendments or changes to the plansshall be submitted to the entities identified in subdivision (b) within 30 daysafter the adoption of the amendments or changes.

(b) An agricultural water supplier shall submit a copy of its plan andamendments or changes to the plan to each of the following entities:

(1) The department.(2) Any city, county, or city and county within which the agricultural

water supplier provides water supplies.(3) Any groundwater management entity within which jurisdiction the

agricultural water supplier extracts or provides water supplies.(4) Any urban water supplier within which jurisdiction the agricultural

water supplier provides water supplies.

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(5) Any city or county library within which jurisdiction the agriculturalwater supplier provides water supplies.

(6) The California State Library.(7) Any local agency formation commission serving a county within

which the agricultural water supplier provides water supplies.10844. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of adopting its plan, the

agricultural water supplier shall make the plan available for public reviewon the agricultural water supplier’s Internet Web site.

(b) An agricultural water supplier that does not have an Internet Website shall submit to the department, not later than 30 days after the date ofadopting its plan, a copy of the adopted plan in an electronic format. Thedepartment shall make the plan available for public review on thedepartment’s Internet Web site.

10845. (a) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature,on or before December 31, 2013, and thereafter in the years ending in sixand years ending in one, a report summarizing the status of the plans adoptedpursuant to this part.

(b) The report prepared by the department shall identify the outstandingelements of any plan adopted pursuant to this part. The report shall includean evaluation of the effectiveness of this part in promoting efficientagricultural water management practices and recommendations relating toproposed changes to this part, as appropriate.

(c) The department shall provide a copy of the report to each agriculturalwater supplier that has submitted its plan to the department. The departmentshall also prepare reports and provide data for any legislative hearingdesigned to consider the effectiveness of plans submitted pursuant to thispart.

(d) This section does not authorize the department, in preparing the report,to approve, disapprove, or critique individual plans submitted pursuant tothis part.

Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions

10850. (a) Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void,or annul the acts or decisions of an agricultural water supplier on the groundsof noncompliance with this part shall be commenced as follows:

(1) An action or proceeding alleging failure to adopt a plan shall becommenced within 18 months after that adoption is required by this part.

(2) Any action or proceeding alleging that a plan, or action taken pursuantto the plan, does not comply with this part shall be commenced within 120days after submitting the plan or amendments to the plan to entities inaccordance with Section 10844 or the taking of that action.

(b) In an action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annula plan, or an action taken pursuant to the plan by an agricultural watersupplier, on the grounds of noncompliance with this part, the inquiry shallextend only to whether there was a prejudicial abuse of discretion. Abuse

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of discretion is established if the agricultural water supplier has notproceeded in a manner required by law, or if the action by the agriculturalwater supplier is not supported by substantial evidence.

10851. The California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13(commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) does notapply to the preparation and adoption of plans pursuant to this part. Thispart does not exempt projects for implementation of the plan or for expandedor additional water supplies from the California Environmental Quality Act.

10852. An agricultural water supplier is not eligible for a water grantor loan awarded or administered by the state unless the supplier complieswith this part.

10853. No agricultural water supplier that provides water to less than25,000 irrigated acres, excluding recycled water, shall be required toimplement the requirements of this part or Part 2.55 (commencing withSection 10608) unless sufficient funding has specifically been provided tothat water supplier for these purposes.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect only if Senate Bill 1 and Senate Bill6 of the 2009–10 Seventh Extraordinary Session of the Legislature areenacted and become effective.

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APPENDIX B

Agency Coordination Letter

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Publication

3707 Old Highway 395 • Fallbrook, CA 92028-2500 Phone: (760) 728-1178 • Fax: (760) 728-2575 • www.rainbowmwd.com

Notice of Rainbow Municipal Water District 2010 Urban Water Management Plan Preparation

Coordination Contact List: Jack Bebee Fallbrook Public Utility District PO BOX 2290 Fallbrook, CA 92088 Eric Gibson DPLU 521 Ruffin Road, Suite B San Diego, CA 92123 John Conley Vista Community Development Dept 200 Civic Center Dr. Vista, CA 92084 Cari Dale City of Oceanside 300 N. Coast Hwy Oceanside, CA 92054

APPENDIX C

Drought Ordinance No. 08-01

APPENDIX D

CUWCC BMP Forms

Water Sources and Usage Sources Uses

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Conservation Coordinator

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Coverage Requirements BMP 1.1

Coverage Requirements Coverage shall consist of: 1) Conservation Coordinator Staff and maintain the position of trained conservation coordinator, or equivalent consulting support, and provide that function with the necessary resources to implement BMPs. 2) Water waste prevention Water Agency shall do one or more of the following: a. Enact and enforce an ordinance or establish terms of service that prohibit water waste b. Enact and enforce an ordinance or establish terms of service for water efficient design in new development c. Support legislation or regulations that prohibit water waste d. Enact an ordinance or establish terms of service to facilitate implementation of water shortage response measures e. Support local ordinances that prohibit water waste f. Support local ordinances that establish permits requirements for water efficient design in new development. 3) Wholesale agency programs a) Financial investments and building partnerships When mutually agreeable and beneficial to a wholesaler and its retail agencies cost-effectiveness assessments, including avoided cost per acre-foot, will be completed for each BMP the wholesale agency is potentially obligated to support. The methodology used will conform to the Council standards and procedures, and the information reported will be sufficient to permit independent verification of the calculations and of any exemptions claimed on the cost-effectiveness grounds. b) Technical support When requested provide technical support, incentives, staff or consultant support, and equivalent resources to retail members to assist, or to otherwise support, the implementation of BMPs. c) Program management When mutually agreeable and beneficial to a wholesaler and its retail agencies offer program management and BMP reporting assistance to its retailers and the results of the offer will be documented. It is recognized that wholesale agencies have limited control over retail agencies that they serve and must act in cooperation with those retail agencies on implementation of BMPs. Thus, wholesale agencies cannot be held responsible for levels of implementation by individual retailers in their wholesale service areas. d) Water shortage allocation Water shortage allocations plans or policies will encourage and reward investments in long-term conservation. e) Non-signatory reporting Wholesale water agencies will report on non-signatory BMP implementation, when possible. 4) Encourage CUWCC membership Wholesale agencies will encourage CUWCC membership and offer recruitment assistance.

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a. A description of, or electronic link to, any ordinances or terms of service b. A description of, or electronic link to, any ordinances or requirements adopted by local jurisdictions or regulatory agencies with the water agency's service area. c. A description of any water agency efforts to cooperate with other entities in the adoption or enforcement of local requirement d. description of agency support positions with respect to adoption of legislation or regulations

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Does your agency have any unmetered service connections? Yes No

If YES, has your agency completed a meter retrofit plan? Yes No

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Are all new service connections being metered? Yes No

Are all new service connections being billed volumetrically? Yes No

Has your agency completed and submitted electronically to the Council awritten plan, policy or program to test, repair and replace meters? Yes No

Please Fill Out The Following Matrix

Account Type# MeteredAccounts

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Billing FrequencyPer Year

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Feasibility StudyHas your agency conducted a feasibility study to assess the merits of a program to provideincentives to switch mixed-use accounts to dedicated landscape meters?

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Public Outreach Expenses Enter expenses for public outreach programs. Please include the same kind of expenses you included in the question relatedto your budget (Section 2.1.7, above). For example, if you included personnel costs in the budget entered above, be sure toinclude them here as well.

Additional Public Information Program Please report additional public information contacts. List these additional contacts in order of howyour agency views their importance / effectiveness with respect to conserving water, with the mostimportant/ effective listed first (where 1 = most important).

Were there additional Public Outreach efforts? Yes No

Public Outreach Additional Information

Social Marketing Programs

BrandingDoes your agency have a water conservation”brand,” “theme” or mascot? Yes No

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Market ResearchHave you sponsored or participated inmarket research to refine your message? Yes No

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Materials distributed to K-6 Students?

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Coverage Requirements Coverage shall consist of: 1) Conservation Coordinator Staff and maintain the position of trained conservation coordinator, or equivalent consulting support, and provide that function with the necessary resources to implement BMPs. 2) Water waste prevention Water Agency shall do one or more of the following: a. Enact and enforce an ordinance or establish terms of service that prohibit water waste b. Enact and enforce an ordinance or establish terms of service for water efficient design in new development c. Support legislation or regulations that prohibit water waste d. Enact an ordinance or establish terms of service to facilitate implementation of water shortage response measures e. Support local ordinances that prohibit water waste f. Support local ordinances that establish permits requirements for water efficient design in new development. 3) Wholesale agency programs a) Financial investments and building partnerships When mutually agreeable and beneficial to a wholesaler and its retail agencies cost-effectiveness assessments, including avoided cost per acre-foot, will be completed for each BMP the wholesale agency is potentially obligated to support. The methodology used will conform to the Council standards and procedures, and the information reported will be sufficient to permit independent verification of the calculations and of any exemptions claimed on the cost-effectiveness grounds. b) Technical support When requested provide technical support, incentives, staff or consultant support, and equivalent resources to retail members to assist, or to otherwise support, the implementation of BMPs. c) Program management When mutually agreeable and beneficial to a wholesaler and its retail agencies offer program management and BMP reporting assistance to its retailers and the results of the offer will be documented. It is recognized that wholesale agencies have limited control over retail agencies that they serve and must act in cooperation with those retail agencies on implementation of BMPs. Thus, wholesale agencies cannot be held responsible for levels of implementation by individual retailers in their wholesale service areas. d) Water shortage allocation Water shortage allocations plans or policies will encourage and reward investments in long-term conservation. e) Non-signatory reporting Wholesale water agencies will report on non-signatory BMP implementation, when possible. 4) Encourage CUWCC membership Wholesale agencies will encourage CUWCC membership and offer recruitment assistance.

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a. A description of, or electronic link to, any ordinances or terms of service b. A description of, or electronic link to, any ordinances or requirements adopted by local jurisdictions or regulatory agencies with the water agency's service area. c. A description of any water agency efforts to cooperate with other entities in the adoption or enforcement of local requirement d. description of agency support positions with respect to adoption of legislation or regulations

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Water Audit Validity Scorefrom AWWA spreadsheet

Agency Completed Training In The AWWA Water Audit Method Yes

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Agency Completed Training In The Component Analysis Process Yes

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Completed/Updated the Component Analysis (at least every 4 years)? Yes No

Component Analysis Completed/Updated Date

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Date/Time Leak Reported Leak Location

Type of Leaking Pipe Segment or Fitting Leak Running Time From Report to Repair

Leak Volume Estimate Cost of Repair

Agency Located and Repaired Unreported Leaks to the Extent Cost Effective Yes No

Type of Program Activities Used to Detect Unreported Leaks

Annual Summary InformationComplete the following table with annual summary information (required for reporting years 2-5 only)

TotalLeaksRepaired

EconomicValue OfReal Loss

EconomicValue OfApparent Loss

Miles OfSystemSurveyed ForLeaks

Pressure ReductionUndertaken for lossreduction

Cost OfInterventions

WaterSaved(AF/Year)

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AWWA Water Loss

Use the AWWA Water Loss spreadsheet to determine current volume of apparent and real water loss and the cost impact of these losses on utility operations at no less than annual intervals. The AWWA Water Audit link opens the BMP Reporting Support web page where you can download the latest spreadsheet.

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Does your agency have any unmetered service connections? Yes No

If YES, has your agency completed a meter retrofit plan? Yes No

Enter the number of previously unmetered accounts fitted with meters during reporting year:

Are all new service connections being metered? Yes No

Are all new service connections being billed volumetrically? Yes No

Has your agency completed and submitted electronically to the Council awritten plan, policy or program to test, repair and replace meters? Yes No

Please Fill Out The Following Matrix

Account Type# MeteredAccounts

# Metered AccountsRead

# Metered Accounts Billed byVolume

Billing FrequencyPer Year

# of estimatedbills/yr

Feasibility StudyHas your agency conducted a feasibility study to assess the merits of a program to provideincentives to switch mixed-use accounts to dedicated landscape meters?

Yes No

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B. Describe, upload or provide an electronic link to the Feasibility Study Upload File

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If you chose 'Other' as a billing frequency, please give the definition in the comments box at the end of the page.

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Implementation Option (Conservation Pricing Option)

Use Annual Revenue As ReportedUse Canadian Water & Wastewater Association RateDesign Model

Retail Waste Water (Sewer) Rate Structure byCustomer Class Yes

Agency Provide Sewer Service Yes NoSelect the Retail Waste Water(Sewer) Rate Structure assigned to the majority of your customers within aspecific customer class.

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Is a Wholesale Agency Performing Public Outreach?Are there one or more wholesale agencies performing public outreach which can be counted to help your agency comply with the BMP? Yes No

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Contact with the MediaAre there one or more wholesale agencies performing media outreachwhich can be counted to help your agency comply with the BMP? Yes No

OR Retail Agency (Contacts with the Media)

Media Contacts List

Number ofPublic Contacts

Did at least one contact take place duringeach quarter of the reporting year?

Public Information Programs

Number ofMedia Contacts

Did at least one contact take place duringeach quarter of the reporting year? Media Contact Types


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Is a Wholesale Agency Performing Website Updates?Did one or more CUWCC wholesale agencies agree to assume your agency'sresponsibility for meeting the requirements of and for CUWCC reporting of this BMP? Yes No

Is Your Agency Performing WebsiteUpdates?

Enter your agency's URL (website address):

Describe a minimum of four water conservationrelated updates to your agency's website thattook place during the year:

Did at least one Website Update take place duringeach quarter of the reporting year? Yes No

Public Outreach Annual BudgetEnter budget for public outreach programs. You may enter total budget in a single line or brake the budget into discretecategories by entering many rows. Please indicate if personnel costs are included in the entry.

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Public Outreach Expenses Enter expenses for public outreach programs. Please include the same kind of expenses you included in the question relatedto your budget (Section 2.1.7, above). For example, if you included personnel costs in the budget entered above, be sure toinclude them here as well.

Additional Public Information Program Please report additional public information contacts. List these additional contacts in order of howyour agency views their importance / effectiveness with respect to conserving water, with the mostimportant/ effective listed first (where 1 = most important).

Were there additional Public Outreach efforts? Yes No

Public Outreach Additional Information

Social Marketing Programs

BrandingDoes your agency have a water conservation”brand,” “theme” or mascot? Yes No

Describe the brand, theme or mascot.

Market ResearchHave you sponsored or participated inmarket research to refine your message? Yes No

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Brand Message

Brand Mission Statement

Community CommitteesDo you have a community conservationcommittee? Yes No

Training

Social Marketing Expenditures

Public Outreach Social Marketing Expenses

Partnering Programs - PartnersName Type of Program

CLCA?

Green Building Programs?

Master Gardeners?

Cooperative Extension?

Local Colleges?

Other

Retail and wholesale outlet; name(s) and type(s) of programs:

Partnering Programs - Newsletters

Number of newsletters per year

Training Type # of Trainings # of Attendees Description of Other

Expense Category Expense Amount Description

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Partnering with Other UtilitiesDescribe other utilities youragency partners with, includingelectrical utilities

Conservation GardensDescribe water conservationgardens at your agency or otherhigh traffic areas or new

Landscape contests or awardsDescribe water wise landscapecontest or awards programconducted by your agency

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Is a wholesale agency implementing school programs which can becounted to help your agency comply with this BMP? Yes No

Enter Wholesaler Names, separated by commas:

Materials meet state education framework requirements?

Description of Materials

Materials distributed to K-6 Students?

Description of materials distributed to K-6Students

Number of students reached

Materials distributed to 7-12 Students?

Description of materials distributed to 7-12Students

Number of Distribution

Annual budget for school education program

Description of all other water supplier educationprograms

Classroom presentations:Number ofpresentations

Number ofattendees

Large group assemblies:


Children’s water festivals or other events:


Cooperative efforts with existing science/water education programs (various workshops, science fair awardsor judging) and follow-up:


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Staffing children’s booths at events & festivals:

Number of booths Number of attendees

Water conservation contests such as poster and photo:

Description

Number distributed

Offer monetary awards/funding or scholarships to students:

Number Offered Total Funding

Teacher training workshops:


Fund and/or staff student field trips to treatment facilities, recycling facilities, water conservation gardens,etc.:Number of tours or fieldtrips Number of participants

College internships in water conservation offered:

Number of internships Total funding

Career fairs/workshops:


Additional program(s) supported by agency but not mentioned above:

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Number of events (ifapplicable) Number of participants

Total reporting period budget expenditures for school education programs(include all agency costs):

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APPENDIX E

Board Resolution No. 11-13

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Public Hearing Minutes

2005 urban water management plan - … 2 — rainbow municipal water district connection points ......

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